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This report summarizes the installation of sea-level and climate monitoring equipment and associated activities as one component of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) demonstration project on Kosrae. This purpose of this component is to provide adequate baseline monitoring on Kosrae to ensure fit-for-purpose climate-related information is available to inform future climate sensitive decision-making and planning.

The likelihood (i.e., probability) components of climate-related risks in the Cook Islands are evaluated, for both present-day and future conditions. Changes into the future reflect the influence of global warming. The risk events for which current and future likelihoods are evaluated are extreme rainfall events (both hourly and daily), drought, high sea levels, strong winds, and extreme high air temperatures. Tropical cyclone frequencies over the past century are also examined. Some climate-related human health and infrastructure risks are also investigated.