Eighty seven percent of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) seven million people live in rural areas. Almost all the rest live in small urban centers, the majority of which have a population of well below 30,000 people. Only Port Moresby and Lae have sizable populations at about 365,000 and 88,000 respectively1. Average national population density is low at about 14 per km2. PNG’s population is characterized by a very diverse number of social groups, with strong local and clan-based affinities and allegiances. There are over 800 distinct languages.
Geologically, Papua New Guinea is a young country. The presence of high mountain ranges and abundant rainfall leads to high runoff over most of the country. There are nine hydrological drainage divisions (basins). The largest river basins are the Sepik, Fly, Purari and Markham. Even though the Sepik has the lowest annual discharge, it has the
largest catchment area, 78 000 km2, followed by the Fly River with 61 000 km2, Purari with 33 670 km2, and Markham with 12 000 km2. The other catchments are less than 5 000 km2 in area and very steep.
The NIISP provides an investment plan based on the current condition and capacity of existing infrastructure assets, the need for services in Nauru
Project to finance a 6MW grid connected solar power plant and 2.5MWh/5MW battery energy storage system for solar smoothing energy storage. The system will be fully integrated and automated with the existing diesel generation (17.9 MW installed capacity currently manually operated) to optimize solar energy use, to enable optimal BESS charging/discharging and to provide optimal shut off of the diesel engines.
Based on the 2011 census, the total population at the time of the census was 10,084 (5,105 males and 4,979 females). This compares with 9,233 people in 2006 – an increase of 9% or 851 people. This population increase represents an average annual growth rate of 1.8% which is equivalent to 170 people per year for the period 2006-2011.
The 2016 State of Environment (SOE) Report for the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) updates the 1992 SOE report. It uses the DPSIR model (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Response). The data in the RMI SoE belongs to the government and people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Information was gathered from local stakeholders and experts on the seven major themes to provide a summary of the state, impact and response to 38 key environmental indicators.
Summary of the State of the Environment report (2016)
Initial Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change RMI 2000
Republic of Marshall Islands Second National Communication. Submitted to the UNFCCC
Energy Planning Division Republic of the Marshall Islands National Energy Policy 2014
Republic of the Marshall Islands Intended Nationally Determined Contribution 2015
RMI's National Compliance Action Plan for Phasing out ODS 2001
Pacific Climate Change Science Program (PCCSP) Current and future climate RMI 2011
A project progress report on the HCFC phase out management plan
Republic of the Marshall Islands Joint National Action Plan for Climate Change Adaption and Disaster Risk Management, 2014-2018.