... interest in small island states (Chaudhuri and Enelow, 2014 , p. 22). For these micro-states, climate change may have become just as profitable a business opportunity as other unlikely “developmental strategies”: money laundering, selling passports and citizenship, offering “flags of convenience” (Gay...

... management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events (UNISDR, 2009). One of the debates has been on the link between development, DRR and CCA. The overall conclusion of reviews made so far is that CCA should be integrated in the existing risk- and vulnerability-reduction...

... and their livelihoods negatively. Forest-based livelihoods are particularly vulnerable. Nevertheless, the people have developed coping mechanisms to cushion the effects of climate variability and change. However, the effectiveness and efficiency of these strategies are greatly constrained by factors that are related...

... to complement conservation activities in coastal communities. Known as Mositi Vanuaso, this initiative made people more aware of the interconnected environmental and developmental challenges they were struggling with and needed to address to improve living standards. Mositi Vanuaso...