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Pursing self-determined responses to climate change in the Cook Islands : Exploring the interface between government organisational directive and local community engagement with climate change adaptation

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Lusk, A

Small island communities are considered to be amongst the most 'at-risk' populations in the world to the impacts of climate change. Global regional and national entities have framed the plight of Pacific communities through climate change discourses. This study contributes to an emerging line of inquiry that investigates how applying the concepts of vulnerability and resilience to frame communities might contribute to community empowerment, or marginalisation.

Pacific resilience program (PREP) - Regional environment and social management framework (ESMF)

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The Pacific region is home to 22 island states, all of which are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and natural disaster events.

Many atolls may be unihabitable within decades due to climate change

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Storlazzi, C D ; Elias, E P L. ; Berkowitz, P

Observations show global sea level is rising due to climate change, with the highest rates in the tropical Pacific Ocean where many of the world's low-lying atolls are located. Sea-level rise is particularly critical for low-lying carbonate reef-lined atoll islands: these island have limited land and water available for human habitatio, water and food sources and ecosystems that are vulnerable to inundation from sea-level rise.

Climate impacts and outlook - Regional Climate Overview 3rd quarter

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The region is under an El NiÃ±o advisory, and weather patterns were unambiguously in a climate state of ElNiÃ±o during the quarter.

Climate impacts and outlook - Regional climate overview 1st quarter

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The region is under El NiÃ±o Advisory and weather patterns continued to resemble El NiÃ±o conditions during the quarter.

Pacific ENSO update - Current conditions Quarter 4 Vol 21 No. 4

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Early oceanic responses portending strong El NiÃ±o included a rapid oceanic surface and sub-surface warming and a dramatic lowering of the sea level across Micronesia.

Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El NiÃ±o/Southern Oscillation

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Barnard, P L. Short, A D. Harley, M D. et al

To predict the future coastal hazards, it is very important to quantify any links between climate deivers and spatial patterns of coastal change.

A comparative study of accuracy and effectiveness of line and point intercept transect methods for coral reef monitoring in the soutwestern Indian Ocean Islands

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Facon, M Pinault, M , Ubura, D. et al

Coral reefs around the world are facing increasing disturbance: however the ability to monitor them is constrained by cost and experience factors.

Coral islands defy sea-level rise over the past century: Records from a central Pacific atoll

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Kench, P S ; Thompson, D ; Ford, M R ; Ogawa, H Mclean, R F

The geological stability and exixtence of low-lying atoll nations is threatened by sea-level rise and climate change.

Destruction or persistence of coral atoll islands in the face of 20th and 21st century sea-level rise?

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McLean, R ; Kench, P

The future of lw-lying reef islands has been in the subject of international concern, scientific debate, and media interest in the last decade. As a result of sea-level rise, atoll islands are expected to become increasingly unstable and to be susceptible to potential depopulation by the end of the 21st century.

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