Coastal Adaptation Needs for Extreme Events and Climate Change, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Project Stage 1: Scoping and Collation of Existing Data

Abstract:

In June 2012 the project Coastal Adaptation Needs for Extreme Events and Climate Change, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, was formally initiated by the Cook Islands Government, under the Pacific Adaptation Strategy Assistance Program (PASAP). The PASAP project was funded by AusAID through the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) with the contract administration undertaken by Climate Change Cook Islands (CCCI). The Water Research Laboratory (WRL) of the UNSW was engaged as lead engineers for the project, working in conjunction with a local counterpart engineer (Mr. Ben Parakoti) contracted specifically by CCCI for the project.