Small Island States Resilience Initiative

Relevant literature for further reading

Ferrario, F., Beck, M. W., Storlazzi, C. D., Micheli, F., Shepard, C. C., & Airoldi, L. (2014). The effectiveness of coral reefs for coastal hazard risk reduction and adaptation. Nature communications, 5. http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140513/ncomms4794/full/ncomms4794.html

Kumar, L., & Taylor, S. (2015). Exposure of coastal built assets in the South Pacific to climate risks. Nature Climate Change, 5, 992-996 
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v5/n11/full/nclimate2702.html

Nurse, L. A., McLean, R. F., Agard, J., Briguglio, L. P., Duvat-Magnan, V., Pelesikoti, N., ... & Webb, A. (2014). Small islands. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1613-1654. 
http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/WGIIAR5-Chap29_FINAL.pdf

 

SISRI Building Blocks

Institutional

  • Institutional Strengthening
  • Mainstreaming
  • Awareness

Operational

  • Program Management & Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Safeguards
  • Fiduciary (Procurement and Financial Management)

Technical

               1. Coastal Protection
               2. Risk Based Spatial Planning
               3. Safer Infrastructure
               4. Community Based Landslide Management
               5. Managed Population Retreat