Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: an institutional and policy analysis

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This study provides an analysis of the current level of integration of DRR and CCA in the region, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment. The report outlines some of the barriers to integration and makes recommendations on how they can be addressed. The analysis presented includes seven PICs (Cook Islands, FSM, Fiji, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu).The countries analysed are typical in terms of the current low level of integration of DRR and CCA.This report also explores how and why the fields of DRR and CCA have developed in parallel globally as well as in the Pacific, rather than being more integrated. The main objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the current level of integration of DRR and CCA in the region, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment. The report outlines some of the challenges and barriers to integration, evolving good practice towards integration and provides recommendations for regional and national stakeholders for further action.

Language(s): English

ISBN (or other code): 978-982-533-001-1

Tags: Climate ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Region V - South-West Pacific ; Cook Islands ; Fiji ; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Samoa ; Vanuatu Add tag