Climate Risk Profile: Fiji

The report provides a comprehensive climate risk profile for Fiji, detailing observed and projected climatic changes, specific hazards such as tropical cyclones and sea-level rise, and their impacts on target communities and ecosystems. It emphasizes the disproportionate vulnerability of women and marginalized groups and recommends specific nature-based solutions (NbS) and gender-responsive measures to enhance climate resilience across six districts: Kubulau, Dawasamu, Nakorotubu, Namalata, Bua, and Bureta.

• Fiji has experienced temperature increases of approximately 0.8-1.0°C throughout the 20th century, and sea levels have risen by more than 6 mm per year since 1993, which is higher than the global average.
• Extreme weather events cause severe economic and physical damage; for example, Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016 impacted over 540,000 people and caused estimated disaster effects of USD 900 million, representing 20% of Fiji's GDP.
• The 2025 INFORM Risk Index ranks Fiji 103rd out of 191 countries, with high risk scores specifically for coastal flooding (7.1), tsunamis (7.1), and tropical cyclones (6.9).
• Climate change disproportionately affects women in Fiji due to structural gender inequality and their reliance on vulnerable sectors; women often face increased distances to collect water during droughts and are underrepresented in fisheries management decision-making.
• Non-climatic drivers that exacerbate vulnerability include forest deforestation for farming, unsustainable fishing practices, and improper infrastructure such as old water drainage systems and river gravel extraction.
• Recommended nature-based solutions (NbS) for adaptation include agroforestry to combat drought, planting mangroves and vetiver grass to prevent coastal erosion, and using biological pest control for crop infestations.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2025). Climate Risk Profile: Fiji. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2025-03/fiji-climate-risk-profile.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Climate Risk Profile: Fiji. 2025. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2025-03/fiji-climate-risk-profile.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2025climate, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Climate Risk Profile: Fiji}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2025-03/fiji-climate-risk-profile.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }