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 Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority (RMIEPA),  Climate Change Directorate

Dataset for all published SOEs (State of the Environment) reports for the Republic of the Marshall Islands

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 Climate Change Directorate

This paper presents a case study of traditional and contemporary settlement patterns of Majuro, and discusses its vulnerability to storm surges. The paper shows that the application of traditional knowledge extends to the realm of urban planning and that, in fact, ignoring this traditional knowledge as expressed in preWorld War II settlement patterns, exposes urban development to increased flood hazards, a risk which may exact a price too high in life and property.

 Climate Change Directorate

This legal review has been written to provide an overview of the legal aspects of environmental management issues facing the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), steps that have been taken to tackle these issues and the weaknesses and gaps that remain.

 Climate Change Directorate

The RMI NAP process commenced after the 2050 Climate Strategy for RMI was published in September 2018. The 2050 Climate Strategy dealt mainly with mitigation issues with emissions targets for the Nationally Determined Contributions but also called for the urgent development of a National Adaptation Plan to provide for a balanced dialogue on RMI priorities for mitigation activity for reducing emissions and adaptation activity for addressing the potentially critical impacts of climate change.

 Climate Change Directorate

A 1991 report that reviewed the state of the environment and development in RMI, and the constraints and opportunities for sustainable development.

 Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority (RMIEPA),  Climate Change Directorate,  Marshall Islands National Disaster Management Office (NDMO)

old images from 1979 of waves and erosion on Majuro atoll during Tropical Cyclone Alice

 Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority (RMIEPA),  Climate Change Directorate,  Marshall Islands Conservation Society

This dataset contains the published national environment management strategies of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

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 Climate Change Directorate

The Republic of the Marshall Island's developed their National Adaptation Plan from 2019-2023. This folder contains the supporting documents that were used to fill in content of our NAP