Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
xvi, 60 p. : figs., tables ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.794159681 WAD [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
28532
Legacy PEIN ID:
68479
General Notes
Available online|This report is based on data gathered by a PIREM team consisting of Mautaake Tannang, Herbert Wade and Peter Johnston
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Energy development - Kiribati
Energy sources, Renewable - Kiribati
Energy research - Kiribati
Conservation of energy resources - Kiribati
Conservation of natural resources - Kiribati
Energy consumption - Climate factors - Kiribati
Abstract
The climate is maritime equatorial with temperatures changing little over the years. Daytime averages are in the thirties and night time averages in the twenties. Rainfall varies from north to south with the Phoenix group in the south particularly dry with only around 800mm per year while the northernmost islands receive as much as 3000 mm/year. All of Kiribati, but especially the Line Islands, are affected by the El Nino/El Nina cycle (ENSO) and suffer cyclic droughts. Winds are moderate, seasonal and variable. Cyclones are not a problem in Kiribati with extended droughts the primary natural hazard. Rainwater is the main source of potable water with brackish atoll lens water often used for washing. South Tarawa provides piped water sourced from the atoll fresh water lens and appears to be near the limit that can be pumped from the lens without salt water encroachment. Kiribati is a signatory to most treaties and conventions relating to environmental protection and has a special interest in climate change prevention since even a modest rise in sea level endangers the low lying atoll islands.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
xvi, 60 p. : figs., tables ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.794159681 WAD [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
28532
Legacy PEIN ID:
68479
General Notes
Available online|This report is based on data gathered by a PIREM team consisting of Mautaake Tannang, Herbert Wade and Peter Johnston
Record Created: 17-Nov-2005
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022