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This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores the unique climate change challenge faced by the Pacific Atoll Countries (Pacific Atolls), the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Tuvalu.
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The invasion of the pest poses a threat to coconut cultivation, a lifeline to the population.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
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Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the NAP serves as a comprehensive guide for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, integrating climate adaptation strategies into national policies and development goals.
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.
Majuro atoll and city in Marshall islands
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At its highest point, the Republic of the Marshall Islands(RMI) stands at two metres above sea level. As people of a low-lying atoll nation, the Marshallese face an existential threat from climate change impacts, specifically sea level rise.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
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This study analyzes systematically how components of internal displacement data are related to disaster outcomes in Somalia, Afghanistan, the Marshall Islands and Bangladesh using a data inventory tool.
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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 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.

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