Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
(SPREP)
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
84 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36116
Legacy PEIN ID:
76121
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climate change - Adaptation - Melanesia
Climate change - Impact assessment - Melanesia
Abstract
In the future no country will be immune from the impact of human-induced climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is unequivocal in its pronouncement that global warming will cause significant climate changes throughout the world, including increases in air, sea surface and ocean temperatures and influencing pattern of precipitation, wind flow and ocean salinity (IPCC 2007). The world is expected to experience increased climate variability as well as extreme weather events, such as prolonged drought, heavy rains and heat waves, and the increased frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones. Sea level rise is also predicted. The effects of such changes will be significant to all the Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs), although the nature and degree of the socioeconomic impact of climate change cannot be predicted with any certainty at this point in time
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
(SPREP)
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
84 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36116
Legacy PEIN ID:
76121
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 01-Dec-2009
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022