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Migration can be one way people find of adapting to climate change. The IOM says: 'Migration in the face of global environmental change may not be just part of the ‘problem’, but can also be part of the solution.' A new IOM research programme will examine environmental factors influence on migration and impacts on policy making Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Mauritius, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti...

Among the disaster risk reduction measures announced, the Minister has called for preparedness drills and measures to prevent the accumulation of water...

Indian Ocean states are taking important steps to strengthen their individual and collective disaster risk management. Five islands – the Union of the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Zanzibar – are working to establish and manage disaster loss databases. The 2005-15 Hyogo Framework for Action highlights the importance of accounting for past losses that can provide a basis for better risk assessments, more appropriate disaster planning and effective measures to reduce vulnerability and exposure. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), in a joint effort with the Indian Ocean Commission’s (IOC) ISLANDS Project, is supporting the strengthening of local capacities and expertise so that the countries are able to produce their own risk assessments and loss databases.

Senior government officials from developing small island states and climate change experts have warned of a massive increase in human, economic and material losses in these countries if risk reduction measures are not taken urgently to mitigate the impacts of major hazards and climate change.

The map, prepared for a project submission to Adaptation Fund Board in 2012, shows all the known coastal sites of Mauritius main island which are presently vulnerable to the physical effects of Climate Change (sea level rise, storm surge/flooding, beach

'Cette Unité a été créée parce que nos Etats ont pris conscience que le changement climatique est un phénomène mondial dont les effets se font ressentir de façon très locale et ponctuelle, notamment par des évènements météorologiques extrêmes tels que ces pluies torrentielles que nous venons de subir,' a dit le secrétaire général de Commission de l’océan Indien (COI). 'Il est possible de s’armer pour mieux y faire face à l’avenir'...

This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Mauritius, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as storm, drought, land slide and cyclones.

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.