Abstract:
Lemon Island is located in Manokwari, West Papua, that borders directly with the Pacific Ocean. This
island is vulnerable to various threats. The purpose of this research was to determine the vulnerability and
adaptation of the island’s community to climate change. This was achieved through survey and interview
techniques and observations to ascertain the level of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. The results
of this study indicated that tsunamis posed the biggest threat to Lemon Island people, infrastructure, and
environment. The adaptive capacity of the island as a whole included that of individuals, communities, and
institutions. The calculation of the resilience aspect showed that the value of the human aspect was the
highest value while the value of business aspect was the lowest value of the aspect of resilience
