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Global-mean sea level is rising and accelerating as a direct consequence of human-induced global warming. This rise int he sea level is driven primarily by two factors: the melting of land ice and the expansion of seawater as it warms.

A statistics report for food security in Samoa.

As this report is published, the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before, it hit, the Asia-Pacific region was progressing too slowly on delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Transformation approaches will be needed for progress, especially on goals facing the most persistent shortcomings. This report shows that some countries have been able to move faster than others and make progress on various aspects of the 2030 Agenda. If focuses on six interlinked transformative entry points that are key to the Global Decade of Action to deliver the SDGs by 2030.

The TISSAP addresses existing IS in Tokelau, via prioritization and guidance. It addresses the potential invasion pathways of additional IS to Tokelau through foreign and domestic vessels that could provide opportunities for other weeds, rats, mongoose, invertebrates and diseases that could have catastrophic impacts on biodiversity, economic growth, community and heath

We are a central Pacific nation comprising three atolls lying to the north of Samoa and south of the Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, and centred on latitude 9o S. The areas of the atolls are roughly similar – Atafu c.350 ha, Nukunonu c.500 ha and Fakaofo c.400 ha – and each gaining only a few meters elevation. All three islands are classic atolls being at the summit of ancient, raised seamounts projecting upward about 5000 m from the seabed, and with large open lagoons which have shallow passages to the sea in many places. The climate is moderated by the ocean currents and easterly trade winds that blow steadily throughout the year and the wet season occurs in November-April. Cyclones and storm surges sometimes inundate much of the land as occurred at Fakaofo in the early 2000s.