Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Report: Amatuku Islet, Funafuti

The report identifies key climate vulnerabilities on Amatuku Islet, highlighting critical issues in water security, coastal stabilization, and income security. It employs a multi-criteria analysis to align local 'lived' experiences with technical 'learned' perspectives, concluding that inadequate household water tank capacity and limited coastal stabilization infrastructure are the highest priorities for national and local adaptation efforts.

• The top five vulnerability issues identified in Amatuku are limited access to coastal stabilization infrastructure, inadequate household water tank capacity, low resilience of land-based food to sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion, limited household access to renewable energy, and insufficient household income for basic needs.
• Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) ranks inadequate household water tank capacity (Wi.1) as a 'very high' priority and limited coastal stabilization infrastructure (Pi.12) as a 'high' priority due to their widespread nature, climate relevance, and alignment with national priorities.
• Ecosystem health and income security are the most highly vulnerable sectors in Amatuku, while community health is rated as the least vulnerable relative to the national average.
• Water security is significantly more vulnerable in Amatuku compared to national results, particularly within the subsectors of infrastructure and services, natural resources, and institutions and governance.
• Technical review and community validation confirm that water shortages on Amatuku are critical, with the community noting that rainfall absences of only three weeks cause shortages, contradicting the Technical Working Group's estimate of five to six weeks.
• The community expressed disagreement with the MCA scoring, arguing that agriculture and farming, shoreline protection, and energy should all be rated as 'very high' priorities rather than 'medium' or 'high'.
• The Technical Working Group (TWG) identified a need for retraining Water Department employees on water quality testing to prevent inaccurate labeling of water sources, which can discourage the public from using reserved stores during droughts.
• There is a reported concern regarding the potential health risks of PVC water tanks when exposed to sunlight, with a suggestion to return to the practice of using individual household water cisterns if substantiated.

APA

Hay, I., Hauma, T., Lasifo, T., Tui, S., & Latasi, J. (2020). Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Report: Amatuku Islet, Funafuti. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/napgn-en-2020-Tuvalu-IVA-report-Amatuku-Islet.pdf

Chicago

Hay, Ian, Tomu Hauma, Tuitala Lasifo, Saamu Tui, and Joana Latasi. Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Report: Amatuku Islet, Funafuti. NAP Global Network, 2020. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/napgn-en-2020-Tuvalu-IVA-report-Amatuku-Islet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hay2020tuvalu, author = {Hay, Ian and Hauma, Tomu and Lasifo, Tuitala and Tui, Saamu and Latasi, Joana}, title = {{Tuvalu Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Report: Amatuku Islet, Funafuti}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/napgn-en-2020-Tuvalu-IVA-report-Amatuku-Islet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }