Tuvalu Environment and Climate Change Initiative Tuvalu is experiencing increasing climate change-induced damage to human and economic development, with adverse effects already experienced by its small and dispersed communities living in highly vulnerable, low-lying atoll islands. There is a high risk of further climate-change related damage including irreversible loss of habitable areas of the country. Tuvalu’s natural resource base and livelihood opportunities of its communities are seriously undermined by the combined effects of sea-level rise, increased frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones, rapidly progressing coastal erosion, increasing crop damage, and reductions of fresh water supply. This initiative supports policy objectives that minimise climate change impacts and strengthen capacity on environmental protection and disaster preparedness. It will also assist Tuvalu implement relevant environmental adaptation, protection and risk reduction measures, including Tuvalu's National Adaptation Plan of Actin (NAPA). NAPA ide