Current and future climate of Tonga

This publication updates the original Current and future climate of Tonga brochure published in 2011. The information in this publication, and research conducted by PACCSAP, builds on the findings of the 2013 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, and uses new emissions scenarios and climate models. This brochure contains a summary of climate projections for Tonga.

This brochure offers a perspective into the growing climate-related hazards facing Tonga. Projected changes to the country's climate include increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, less frequent rainfall, changes in wave climate, and less frequent tropical cyclones.