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Samoa is highly exposed to natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and floods. These damage economic growth and impact debt sustainability adversely. Increasing frequency and intensity of coastal storms are likely to amplify damage to infrastructure and livelihoods. Slow-moving climate stresses such as sea level rise and increasing heat hazard are also likely to impact potential growth in the main economic sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, and tourism.

In the Cook Islands, the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project focuses on coastal zone management on Mangaia Island. The project is helping to ‘climate-proof’ coastal development, and to develop an integrated coastal management policy and plan for Mangaia

Visual guide to complement the teachers guide for Samoa

Pacific Climate Futures Version 2.0 is a web-based climate impacts decision-support tool available for free.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is the Pacific region’s major intergovernmental organisation charged with protecting and managing the environment and natural resources. SPREP works with and on behalf of its 21 member countries and territories to promote cooperation in the Pacific islands region, providing assistance to protect and improve the Pacific environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future generations.

The aim of this guide is to deliver nationally prioritise key messages relevant to climate change science, the effects of climate change on the Pacific and options to mitigate its causes and to adapt to expected changes.

A policy to guide climate change and disaster management development in the Cook Islands

PACC reports