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This report outlines the implications of the expected climate change and consequent sea-level rise for the Republic of Palau. The report is one of a series of reports produced for a number of Pacific Island countries which have been identified as being under threat of major environmental change due to the expected greenhouse-forced global warming and consequent sea-level rise. The report is a result of a seven-day consultation mission to the Republic of Palau between April 12 and 19, 1993, by a two-person team operating under the auspices of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. The objective of the mission was to prepare a report, in close consultation with national experts, and the government a proposal for a programme of assistance to undertake an in-depth study of the potential negative impacts of climatic changes due to global warming and consequent sea-level rise on the natural environment and socio- economic structures and activities of the Republic of Palau.

This report details the findings of a two-person climate change task team mission to the Cook Islands during the period January 14-22 1992. The report outlines the possible impacts of climate change and consequent sea-level rise on the natural, physical, social and economic activities perceived by the authorities and organisations in the country. Possible response options were difficult to identify because local scientific information about impacts was not avaiable.