A Review of Climate Change Assignment 2022

Running head: A REVIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
A Review of Climate Change for the South Pacific Islands
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Table of Contents
Keywords used in Literature Review..............................................................................................2
Literature Review -..........................................................................................................................2
Research Gaps -...............................................................................................................................8
Research Questions -.......................................................................................................................9
Research Outcomes -.....................................................................................................................10
Research Methodology -................................................................................................................10
Resources required to conduct the Project -..................................................................................12
Risks in the Execution of the Project -..........................................................................................13
Flow Chart and Project Time Management Plan -........................................................................14
Flow Chart:................................................................................................................................14
Project Time Management Plan:...............................................................................................14
Reference List................................................................................................................................16

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Keywords used in Literature Review
 South Pacific Islands ;
 Fiji ;
 Water supply security ;
 Climatic condition ;
 Populated regions ;
 Living organisms ;
 Climate change ;
 Natural resources ;
 Global warming ;
 Sea level ;
 Humans
Literature Review -
A critical review of climate change practice for the South Pacific Island Nations in New
Zealand in respect of water supply security in the Cook Island, Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, etc.
has been addressed. The future of New Zealand primarily depends on its ability to adapt to the
ongoing climate change (Hezel, 2012). Even though considerable advancements have been made
in the last couple of years to understand the implications as well as the impacts of climate
change, it is still difficult to control and eliminate issues such as the extinction of certain living
organisms, water supply management along with other natural resources. Taking into
consideration the fact that the small island countries are some of the most vulnerable and
exposed regions to the future sea level rise as well as to climate change. To retort to this urgent

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issue, evaluation and assessment of the vulnerability of the habitants due to the extremity of the
changes in the climate had been carried out in the South Pacific Island Nations, New Zealand.
The main aim and objective of the studies that have been conducted in the last nine to ten years
was to identify the resilience as well as susceptibility of the coastal socio - economic and the
natural methods of the country.
Walsh, McInnes & McBride tried to understand the effect that climate change has on
extreme sea levels in the South Pacific region. The purpose of selecting this region was because
it consists of a lot of areas that are susceptible to the extremity of the sea levels in this current
climate in the current climatic condition. In addition to this, it was even noted that there had been
a steady rise in the relationship between the global sea level and global warming (Hezel, 2012).
The predicted rise in the sea levels has a tendency to increase inundation which will perhaps put
the future viability of human habitation on quite a few of the Pacific Islands, such as Fiji, Tonga,
and Nauru at risk. This is one of the main reason that the climatic condition of the Tropical
Pacific is already extremely viable because of the strong impact of the El Niño Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. This eventually makes it difficult to be able to identify any
new changes over and above the prevailing large interannual inconsistency (Walsh, McInnes &
McBride, 2012). In addition to this, several overlapping events like the tropical cyclones
contribute to the elevated sea levels through high waves as well as storm surge. Walsh, McInnes
& McBride along with Edenhofer stated that the availability of water resources is extremely
critical in the small coral sand as well as the limestone islands in the region, particularly in the
densely populated regions. Moreover, water security in islands such as Fiji, Cook Island,
Kiribati, Tonga, and Nauru is impacted to various notches from the current climate variability,
human factors, and geological hazards. Here, the most vulnerable group is the peri - urban