Tonga has been categorized as one of the fifty one Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that is vulnerable to exogenous shocks. Tonga"s Joint Action Plan (JNAP) on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risks Management complies with the National Strategic Development Framework 2009-2014, the Pacific Islands Framework of Action on Climate Change 2006-2015, the Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management Framework for Action 2005-2015, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), the Yokohama Plan for Action and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).