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This publication descibes Asian Development Bank (ADB) efforts to support member countries in the Pacific in addressing climate change and disaster risks.

ADB's Pacific operations cover 14 developing member countries (DMCs). In support of the Pacific

This report reviews the availability of data in Nauru to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

Singapore and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) have renewed their partnership to strengthen the disaster risk management capacity of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other developing countries that are vulnerable to natural disasters and are on the front line of climate change.

Pacific countries have pledged to step up efforts to deal with the challenge posed by climate change and the threat of disasters, in order to ensure that their development is sustainable.

Uncertainty about future climate creates challenges in both adaptation planning and evaluation. Defining and determining success in adaptation therefore can be difficult. This publication, however, does not attempt to address all of the issues and

This new publication from the World Meteorological Organization provides a wide-ranging description of how small island States and territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions are using seasonal predictions and other climate information

This law provides for matters relating to disaster risk management in Nauru; to establish under law the National Emergency Services, the national disaster risk committee, and the National Disaster Risk Management Council and for other related purposes.

Sixty-five participants from nine small Pacific Island countries and territories have joined development partners this week to review and share experiences from the implementation of the Global Climate Change Alliance: Pacific Small Islands States project. The meeting gives country representatives the opportunity to present their experiences in tackling the adverse effects of climate change...