Fiji vulnerable to climate change, disasters

Fiji vulnerable to climate change, disasters

3 MARCH 2014

FIJI is one of the countries most vulnerable to natural disasters and other multiple shocks, a themed study for the 69th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) commission in 2013 revealed.

Head of ESCAP Pacific Iosefa Maiava said the study, "Building resilience to natural disasters and major economic crisis", highlighted that small island developing countries, including Fiji, were most vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters.

 

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Source: The Fiji Times

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