Cook Islands: Joint national action plan for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation (JNAP) 2011-2015
The Joint National Action Plan forDisaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation (JNAP) provides a roadmap to guide the Cook Islands in implementing Priority 5 ('Resilience') of the National Sustainable Development Plan 2011 -2015. The Goal is to achieve 'a resilient and sustainable Cook Islands where our people are resilient to disasters and climate change and able to achieve sustainable livelihoods' The two key objectives are to ensure that 'our people are prepared for disasters and climate change impacts, and that 'the impacts of disasters and climate change are reduced.'
The JNAP contains Strategies, Actions and Sub -Actions across four key Strategic Areas:
- Strategic Area 1: Governance
- Strategic Area 2: Monitoring
- Strategic Area 3: Disaster Management
- Strategic Area 4: Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation