Latest additions to the knowledge base

An international team has used satellite- and ground-based ionospheric observations to demonstrate that an air pressure wave triggered by volcanic eruptions which severely disrupted satellite-based communications.

The Handbook focuses on Tonga’s disaster management framework and disaster risk reduction strategies. It also provides an overview of the country’s government, geography, demographics, socio-cultural practices, and history of natural disasters.

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.

Detailed analysis of the January 2022 event shows how underwater blasts generated huge waves that battered coastlines throughout the island nation.

Ensuring planning for disasters is inclusive across Tonga, especially when it comes to vulnerable people in the community.

Twelve months after the volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga, residents are still clearing and cleaning up debris and damage.

This publication reviews the financial performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in nine Pacific island economies and looks at how policy makers can help state-owned power utilities address climate risk.

Since the record-breaking volcanic eruption a year ago, which triggered up to 15m tsunami waves that gutted entire villages, the Government of Tonga is building higher and higher sea walls to keep the ocean out.