Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project 2011 Calendar

Abstract

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 J A N U A R Y 2 02 0 1111 www.sprep.org/climate_change/pacc The Cook Islands is made up of 15 islands spread out over an exclusive economic zone of about 2 million km 2 in the Southern Pacific Ocean. On average the country experiences about 3 cyclones every 2 years. The impacts on coastlines is likely to be more dramatic than sea-level rise due to the dominance of permeable beach rock that is easily eroded by storm surges. Most economic activities, infrastructure and human settlements are located in the coastal areas. The National Policy Mainstreaming outputs: (1.1) Integrated coastal management policy framework developed to incorporate climate change risk and resilience. The National Demonstration outputs: (2.1) Guidelines on climate resilient and integrated coastal zone