Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Pacific Community (SPC)
Publication Year:
2016
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
40p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
551.55130995 FRA [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41427
Legacy PEIN ID:
81516
General Notes
Available both in print and online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climatic changes - Oceania
Climatic changes - Management - Oceania
Climatic changes - Risk management - Oceania
Disasters - Oceania
Abstract
Climate change exacerbates the magnitude and impacts of climate variability and some natural hazards. The existence of some Pacific Island countries (PICs) is threatened by climate change. Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) are highly exposed to a range of natural hazards of hydro-meteorological origin (such as cyclones, droughts, landslides and floods) and geological origin (including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis). These hazards often lead to disasters, which affect thousands of people and exacerbate existing development challenges in the region. Climate change predictions identify changes for the Pacific including an increase in extreme hot days and warm nights, extreme rainfall events, intensity of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific, sea level rise and ocean acidification. Climate change is increasing the risks from weather related disasters and posing new impacts to the region. Climate change impacts also cause progressive long-term degradation to the natural environment, to critical ecosystems (e.g. coral reefs), and to social and economic systems, resulting in loss and damage to the system upon which Pacific Island communities depend for their subsistence and livelihoods.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Pacific Community (SPC)
Publication Year:
2016
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
40p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
551.55130995 FRA [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41427
Legacy PEIN ID:
81516
General Notes
Available both in print and online
Record Created: 09-Apr-2017
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022