CLIMATE RISK, VULNERABILITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE EAST SEPIK PROVINCE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea is prone to natural disasters induced by climate change, climate variability, and
sea-level rise, including tsunamis, cyclones, inland and coastal flooding, landslides, and droughts.
UNDP is supporting a four-year project, implemented by the Climate Change and Development
Authority (CCDA), titled “Enhancing Adaptive Capacity of Communities to Climate Change-related
Floods in the North Coast and Islands Region of PapuaNew Guinea, “financed by the Adaptation Fund.
The project seeks to build community resilience to coastal and inland flooding through improved
awareness, risk management, and institutional capacity to implement appropriate adaptation
measures.
Within this context, Antea Group, Hydroc & World Vision have conducted a climate risk, vulnerability
and risk assessment in five provinces in Papua New Guinea (East Sepik, Madang, Morobe, Northern,
and New Ireland)