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Pacific Islands: Collection of data for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness

Source(s): Solomon Star Newspapers
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The Solomon Star reports on a project to collecting information on buildings and infrastructure in Pacific Island countries to measure vulnerability and risk from earthquakes and cyclones in the southwest Pacific.

The project is part of a joint initiative involving the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Regional Partnership for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Preparedness. The Asian Development Bank has contracted GNS Science to carry out the work over the next two years in association with the Pacific Disaster Center and the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), based in Fiji.

"This survey will provide valuable information on building construction types and making them safer with respect to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunami," said project leader, Phil Glassey of GNS Science.

The work will be carried out in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon Earthquake Tsunami
Themes Capacity development Climate change Private sector Risk identification and assessment Governance Disaster risk management Structural safety Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Cook Islands Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
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