Effects of climate change on 1.5 degrees temperature rise relevant to the Pacific Islands

Location

SPREP LIBRARY

Author(s)

Pringle, Patrick

Publisher

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Publication Year:

2018

Publication Place

Apia, Samoa

Physical Description:

10p.

Call Number

[EL]

Material Type

Report

Language

English

Record ID:

41743

Legacy PEIN ID:

81840

General Notes

Available online I These scientifica reviews support the Pacific Marine Climate Change Report Card 2018

Available online

Subject Heading(s)

Climatic changes - Scientific review

Marine resources - Effects of Climate Change

Oceans

Oceanography

Abstract

This report synthesizes the emerging evidence of climate impacts at different temperature thresholds for Pacific islands. All evidence points to vast differences in impacts in a 1.5 ?C world, compared to the +3 ?C world to which our current policies and climate change pledges are leading us.

Tag(s)

climatic changes