Nauru is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. While the most visible climate hazard in the Pacific, tropical cyclones, rarely affects Nauru, the country is highly susceptible to a range of other climate change-related challenges, including: intensifying drought and heat waves; coastal erosion, ocean acidification; sea level rise; wind-driven waves and king tides.
The 2007 Nauru Demographic Health Survey (2007 NDHS) is a nationally representative survey of 655 eligible women (aged 15–49) and 392 eligible men (aged 15 and above). The 2007 NDHS is the first such survey for the country and one of four demographic health surveys conducted in the Pacific as part of the Asian Development Bank/Secretariat of the Pacific Community Demographic and Health Surveys Pilot Project.
The 2006 HIES was the first of its kind conducted in Nauru. There were mixed feelings from respondents throughout both the mini census listing and HIES which can be attributed largely to the lack of understanding of the usefulness of the data being acquired from these two surveys. The current political atmosphere also had a significant impact
towards the overall response rate and the success of the survey.
The information and data gathered from these waste audits will be used by countries in the Pacific to support the development and monitoring of waste and resource recovery projects and recommend the infrastructure and policy interventions required. The regional dataset will also be used to identify and evaluate potential regional projects that would improve waste management in the region.
Tambu is a well respected concept in Melanesian societies and represents a periodic cultural restriction on harvesting for the purpose of fulfilling customary obligations and restocking resources. As a result it has been suggested as the basis for conservation and sustainability in Melanesia. One species subject to tambu management is the Admiralty cuscus (Spilocuscus kraemeri), an arboreal marsupial endemic to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, where it is a major source of terrestrial protein for forest-dwelling villagers.
Guide for managing users and groups in the INFORM environment data portal.
Guide to creating visualisations with the INFORM Environment Data Portal.
The overall impact that the NSDS seeks to make is captured in the people’s vision for development and is stated as:
"A future where individual, community, business and government partnerships contribute to a sustainable quality of life for all Nauruans"
Provide images and an insight into the life of Nauruans during the early period of contact with outsiders.
This important document provides an overarching framework that brings together existing policies to guide action on climate change mitigation, adaptation and advocacy in Nauru. Implementing this policy will require collaboration across government, State Owned Enterprises, non-government organisations, civil society organisations, faith based organisations, private sector organisations, and the people of Nauru, to address our climate vulnerabilities and increase our resilience to climate change.
Nauru's climate change program has focused on the energy and water sectors, with an even split between adaptation and mitigation. Climate change has not been integrated into all policies and plans.
Media release for the 2018 - 2019 tropical cyclone outlook
During the two hour event 2,714 pieces of rubbish were counted and analysed.