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A strategic focus for the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project in 2010 was to enhance project implementation capacity at all levels from the regional to the country level in particular delivering on the three main components1 of the project and overall project management. Such a direction was given to the SPREP Regional Project Management Unit (RPMU) and UNDP by the PACC Project Board at its August 2010 meeting.

The Environment can be considered tropical marine. Atolls are especially vulnerable to environmental damage. The water supply is easily damaged by pollutants. Land biodiversity is low. The primary dangers to the environment are tropical storms, oil spills and waste disposal from the settlements. Direct hits by cyclones are not common though near passages have caused serious damage due to high waves.