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Pacific regionalism has long attracted both hope and despair. The hope is that regional organisations can overcome the challenges of small island developing states (SIDS)

At the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda, all of the SDGs are seriously off track. From 2015 to 2019, the world made some progress on the SDGs, although this was already vastly insufficient to achieve goals. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 and other simultaneous crises, SDG progress has stalled globally.

This report has been prepared by Work Integrated Learning (WIL) students Madeleine Howle, Lucy Burt and Alex Graham from the University of Newcastle's centre for Law and Social Justice in partnership with SPREP.

The objective of this Gap Analysis report is to articulate findings from an international literature review and benchmarking activity in relation to the identification of climate resilience and gaps in the current version of Vanuatu road design guidance.

This study is part of the Climate Finance Readiness for the Pacific Project funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and implemented via the Deutsche Desellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in Fiji. THe project aims to increase private/public sector engagement in climate finance in Samoa through the development of a database and climate finance concept papers.

Development of the private sector is the centrepiece of Tonga's strategic development pathway towards a more progressive Tonga, supporting a higher quality of life for all.

Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are among the most physically vulnerable nations in the world. They are highly exposed to the adverse effects of climate change and natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions which can devastate their entire economies, human and physical capital and negatively impact their long-term resilient development.

The report tells our Pacific Development story by providing a high-level view of where we stand in terms of strengthening our people, and identities solutions to our challenges and vulnerabilities.