Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project (PIREP)
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project (PIREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
73 p. : figs., tables ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.794159623 WAD (EL)
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
28542
Legacy PEIN ID:
68489
General Notes
Available online|The report is based on data gathered by a PIREP team consisting of Mata Noora, Carinna Langsford, Peter Johnston and Herbert Wade with the assistance of Tom Wichman
Subject Heading(s)
Energy development - Cook Islands
Environment - Cook Islands
Energy sources - Renewable - Cook Islands
Energy research - Cook Islands
Conservation of energy resources - Cook Islands
Conservation of natural resources - Cook Islands
Energy consumption - Climate factors - Cook Islands
Abstract
Environment The climate is maritime tropical with a small temperature difference between day and night and modest seasonal changes. Rainfall is about 2000 111111 with two-thirds falling between November and April, strongly affected by the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, which can cause rainfall declines of up to 60% in the southern group and increases of 200% or more 111 the north during El Nino conditions. On average, three cyclones occur every two years, usually between November and April. Biodiversity is not high anywhere in the country but the northern atolls are very low in land- based biodiversity. The Government of the Cook Islands (GoCI) has signed various treaties and conventions related to environmental protection, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, with energy use implications.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project (PIREP)
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project (PIREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
73 p. : figs., tables ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.794159623 WAD (EL)
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
28542
Legacy PEIN ID:
68489
General Notes
Available online|The report is based on data gathered by a PIREP team consisting of Mata Noora, Carinna Langsford, Peter Johnston and Herbert Wade with the assistance of Tom Wichman
Record Created: 17-Nov-2005
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022