UN General Assembly
2014

States of America and China for continuing to work to fulfil their agreement to use the Montreal Protocol to reduce HFCs. I call on other world leaders to join Micronesia and adopt the proposed HFC amendment. In the face of already occurring climate change impacts, the best small island nations can do on the ground is to try to anticipate and adapt to climate change and instil the best possible disaster risk reduction and response policies. Adaptation is therefore a priority in Micronesia’s Climate Change Act, which was recognized at the recent world summit of the Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment. The Act implements our nationwide integrated disaster risk management and climate change policy. The goal of the policy is two-fold: first, to achieve economic growth and self-reliance within a framework of sustainable development, and secondly, to minimize the risks associated with all human-induced and natural hazards, including those associated with climate change. Micronesia has also developed an agriculture policy to address food and water security and strengthen economic development. The policy also provides the