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This document provides guidance on an approach to coastal hazard risk diagnosis and planning (CHRDP) for the Republic of Kiribati. The approach is the most up-to-date method for conducting CHRDP in Kiribati1 and updates work undertaken in 2008. This handbook is designed to be applied during training sessions conducted as part of Component 1.3.2 of the KAP II Program. The approach outlined in this Handbook has been tailored for the specific purpose of CHRDP in Kiribati appropriate to country needs that recognises capacity constraints.

This?document?provides?guidance?on?an?approach?to?the?treatment?of?climate?change?risks?in?Kiribati,?also? referred? to? as? climate? change? adaptation.? The? handbook? follows? directly? from? the? Risk? Assessment? Handbook:? Version? II1 .? It? has? been? designed? for? use? during? training? sessions? conducted? as? part? of?Component?1.3.2?of?the?Kiribati?Adaptation?Program?(KAP?II).?The?approach?outlined?in?this?handbook?has been?tailored?for?the?specific?purpose?of?Coastal?Hazard?Risk?Diagnosis?and?Planning?(CHRDP)?in?Kiribati,?is? appropriate?to?country?needs?and?recognises?capacity?constraints.???

This ?Manual ?is ?designed ?to ?provide? guidance ?to ?decision ?makers ?by ?summarising ?the ?key? outcomes? of ?work ?conducted ?under ?two ?components ?of ?the ?Kiribati ?Adaptation ?Program? (KAP?II) ?(Component? 1.3.2 ?and ?Component?1.4.0). ?Consultants ?involved ?in ?each ?of ?these ?components ?of ?the ?KAP?II ?worked? in ?unison ?to? develop ?in formation ?on ?projected ?sea?level?rise ?in ?Kiribati ?and ?the? hazard ?extent ?relative? to? each ?projected ?sea?l evel?rise, ?including?, ?storm ?tide ?levels.? This? information? is? valuable? for? decision? makers? across? Government? departments? and? should? be? readily? accessible? for? inclusion? in? decision?making? processes.? Consequently,? the? objective? of? this? Manual? is? to? summarise? the? primary? outcomes? of? the? work? conducted? to? establish? projected? sea? level?rise?in?Tarawa?under?a?range?of?timeframes?and?scenarios.?This?information?should?be?applied? to?support?decisions?across?the?government?of?Kiribati?(GoK)?that?influence?the?use?and?development? of? land? and? its? resources.? For? example,? the? information? may? support? decision? making? for? urban? development?and?the?location?and?design?of?key?infrastructure