Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Events
type: Dataset
description: Pacific Island Commonwealth Member States (Pacific CMSs) are highly vulnerable to climate change (high confidence; robust evidence, high agreement). Impacts of climate change on extreme events relevant to Pacific CMSs vary, dependent on the magnitude, frequency, and temporal and spatial extent of the event, as well as on the biophysical nature of the island and its social, economic, and political setting (high confidence). This paper assesses the impacts of climate change on extreme events on nine Pacific CMSs – Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
language: en
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 16-07-2025T22:07:50.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Atmosphere and Climate
keywords: pacific cmss
keywords: climate change
keywords: extreme events
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial: POLYGON ((-219.58659410477 -2.9357302896826, -140.94074964523 6.6831950235884, -119.32617902756 -13.740871334008, -194.84701395035 -29.189831381641))
spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme
distribution: Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Events Relevant to the Pacific Islands
  type: DataDownload
  file format: pdf
  encoding format: application/pdf
  content size: 1471995
  description: The assessment is based on long-term observation series of the large scale features that influence the climate and weather of Pacific CMSs.