Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Pacific countries have a lot to gain from getting better at obtaining climate-related finance, research from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) shows.
The Pacific has a major problem dealing with the economic impact of cyclones and other catastrophic weather events.
The damage bill for cyclone Evan in Samoa in 2012 was more than $US 200 million and memories are still raw in the Cook Islands from the five cyclones experienced in just five weeks back in 2005.
The economist from the Asian Development...