... “developmental strategies”: money laundering, selling passports and citizenship, offering “flags of convenience” (Gay, 2014 , p. 80). And while the scientific evidence on the impact of sea level rise on small island states remains mixed, a selective reportage highlights only the loss of land, disregarding...

... not be integrated fully and also shows the need to focus on the design of DRR interventions in achieving both short-term (reducing disaster risks) and long-term objectives (enhancing adaptive capacity). The framework used in this study is adapted from a “Local Adaptive Capacity Framework” (LACF) developed...

... 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...

... 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. Furthermore, the dramatic backdrop of climate change and increasing climate-related aid...