Preparing for a changing climate : the potential consequences of climate variability and change - Pacific Islands : a report of the Pacific Islands Regional Assessment Team for the U.S. Global Change Research Program

Abstract

"The impacts of the 1997-1998 El Nino are fresh in our minds, and the latest reports from the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirm tvhat all of you already know— changes in climate matter to individuals, communities, businesses and governments who call islands home. Your valuable natural resources, traditional ways of life, critical economic sectors, community support infrastructure, atid, to a great extent, your future, depend on developing an effective response to the challenges presented by climate variability and change."