Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is exposed to an array of climate-related hazards. El Niño often drives drought in the drier regions. Elsewhere, floods are a risk in a country that has one of the world’s wettest climates. Other hazards include earthquakes, epidemics, landslides, storm surges, tsunamis, volcanic activity and wildfires. 

Several organizations are working to establish anticipatory action as a way to minimize the impacts of some of these hazards.

Working groups 

Asia-Pacific Technical Working Group on Anticipatory Action 

Photo: Papua New Guinea Red Cross volunteers departing Port Moresby for Kerema with relief supplies following continuous rains and flooding in the Province. © Warren Dagen/IFRC