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This is the Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF) submitted by the Government of Tuvalu.
Boy walks through street in Tuvalu after hurricane Pam 2015
Update
In collaboration with the SPC, the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) has handed over to Government of Tuvalu a state-of-the-art online platform which, for the first time, allows the atoll nation to clearly identify, plan for, and reduce risks.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Boy walks through street in Tuvalu after hurricane Pam 2015
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In the Pacific Island country of Tuvalu, the sea level has been quietly creeping upwards for years. By 2050, it is estimated that half the capital, Fogafale, will be flooded by tidal waters.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
https://www.climatelinks.org/sites/default/files/asset/document/2023-07/USAIDClimateRiskAnalysis_PacificIslands508.pdf
Documents and publications
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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Documents and publications
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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Documents and publications
This climate security risk assessment for Tuvalu is meant to improve understanding of climate related security risks in the country.
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Policies and plans
Tuvalu's updated nationally determined contribution reiterates the country's commitment to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the adoption of further adaptation measures for the small island developing state.
Cover_Food for thought Climate change risk and food (in)security in Tuvalu
Documents and publications
This study evaluates the risk of climate change from the perspective of food security domain considering exposure to flood hazard.

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