Distinct from food security is food safety. [5]
The increasing number of visitors puts added demands on old infrastructure and limited resources.
The lack of a building code increases community vulnerability to extreme weather and climate events.
Koror and Airai include more than half of Palau’s population, consuming more energy and emitting more emissions than all other states in Palau.
Old inefficient and non-functional infrastructure leads to environmental and health risks that lower community resilience.