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The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is the first country in the North Pacific to recognize communities under the UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.
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This report provides guidance for decision-makers seeking to better understand the implications of climate variability and change for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and its communities.
https://www.climatelinks.org/sites/default/files/asset/document/2023-07/USAIDClimateRiskAnalysis_PacificIslands508.pdf
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This report presents a climate risk analysis of twelve Pacific Island countries: the Federated State of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
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The systematic country diagnostic (SCD) covers a group of nine small Pacific Island countries (PIC-9) - Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
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This handbook provides a baseline of information on Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) ’s social, economic, and environmental context alongside an outline of the country’s disaster management structures and policies.
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This Pacific Risk Profile provides a snapshot of climate and disaster risk information from the Federates States of Micronesia. It is intended to provide Australia's DFAT and its implementing partners with easy access to essential risk information.
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This profile is intended to serve as a public good to facilitate upstream country diagnostics, policy dialogue, and strategic planning by providing comprehensive overviews of trends and projected changes in key climate parameters, sector-specific

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The World Bank has approved a $40 million project for the Federated States of Micronesia to improve the resilience of the country’s primary road network.
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