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Cook Islands
Pacific islanders help shape response to climate change
18 Nov 2011, SciDevNet
'The pilot project had shown that adaptation to climate change was everyone's business, and that there was an important role for communities and community-based approaches in adapting to climate change that could not be easily addressed through national-level strategies'...
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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| Cyclone | 1,012 |      |
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| Drought | 80 |  |
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| Flood | |||
| Landslide |  |
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| Tsunami | |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 2010 | 2,202 |  |
| Storm | 1987 | 2,000 | |
| Epidemic | 2009 | 1,247 | |
| Epidemic | 1990 | 1,200 | |
| Storm | 1997 | 900 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- 2012 Pacific Forum leaders meeting13-17 Aug 2012, Cook Islands
- Consultant - Disaster risk reduction education - Technical writer, education resources & training materialVanuatu (Port Vila), Save the Children AUS
- Head of technical servicesAustralia (Melbourne, Victoria), Save the Children AUS
- Environmental specialistFiji (Suva), WHO
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