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Climate Change Portal for the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management

FSM geospatial data sharing platform for Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development, presenting information to assist with planning and co-ordination for disaster preparedness , response and recovery.

This executive summary reviews and presents FSM’s climate change and disaster risk program of FSM against seven key pillars: i) policies and plans, ii) funding sources, iii) public financial management and expenditure, iv) institutions, v) human capacity, vi) gender and social inclusion, and vii) development effectiveness, and also presents it Action Plan, which provides timeframes and suggested responsibilities and partners for support, as assigned to each recommendation.

This is the final report with recommendations of the FSM Climate Change and Disaster Risk Finance Assessment as of February 2019. It provides the seven key pillars as discussed in the executive summary, with identification of number of recommendations for the government to support its direct access to international climate finances, which are discussed in detail within the report, and the Action Plan with timeframes and responsibilities and partners for support for each recommendation.

The focus of this Policy is to mitigate climate change especially at the international level, and adaptation at the national, state and community levels to reduce the FSM’s vulnerability to climate change adverse impacts. In this context, FSM reaffirms its social and cultural identity and its people’s rights and desire to continue to live sustainably on their islands.

This is an internally generated policy based on extensive consultations within the FSM designed to address the pressing needs of the country in relation to climate change and disaster risk management. It has been developed in recognition of the need to safeguard the development of FSM’s people, resources and economy, now and in the future, to the risks posed by a changing climate and the range of natural and human-made hazards to which the country is exposed, thus supersedes its 2009 Climate Change Policy.

Extensive vegetation damage and limited structural damage of the atolls in the north-west of Chuuk State

This report presents the findings following research and a three-week field assessment (April 2009) of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in response to nation-wide marine inundation by extreme tides (December 2007, September 2008, and December 2008). This study was conducted at the request of the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the state and federal government of FSM

This plan includes arrangements for preparedness, monitoring for potential events and response at the national level to manage national level events and support state level events. It also outlines arrangements to guide state disaster response plans and their connection to the national level arrangements. It also includes provisions for accessing international support.

This plan provides both an overview of the current risk and vulnerability context in Yap State, as well as the strengths that Yap has, including its strong traditional culture and rich natural resources. It then further provides its developed actions across the 7 Priority Areas, which represent the main elements of their livelihoods they wished to sustain and strengthen in the years to come.

This plan provides Kosrae’s current risk and vulnerability context, including it rich natural resources, and the specific actions identified for its six key sectors, which places Kosrae in good stead for a future that protects its people’s livelihood and environment. With specific actions identified for the 6 Priority Areas, and with pre-identified leading and supporting agencies, this JSAP supplements Kosrae’s Strategic Development Plan (SDP), and is a step towards risk-proofing its future.

This Second National Communication is not only an exercise to fulfill our reporting obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More importantly, it confirmed with strong evidence that what people of FSM have been facing in light of the changing climate is real.

This report presents the results of baseline field surveys for the project conducted in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), between March and April 2012.

This plan provides both an overview of the current risk and vulnerability context in Pohnpei State, as well as the state’s strengths, including its strong traditional culture and rich natural resources. It then further provides its developed actions across the 8 Priority Areas, which represent the main elements of their livelihoods they wished to sustain and strengthen in the years to come.

This plan provides both an overview of the current risk and vulnerability context in Chuuk State, as well as the state’s strengths, including its strong traditional culture and rich natural resources. It then further provides its developed actions across the 6 Priority Areas, which represent the main elements of their livelihoods they wished to sustain and strengthen in the years to come.