Climate and Weather

To learn about the climate and weather in Papua New Guinea, I identified links from government and NGO organizations for reliability. 

Weather 

This website from the Australian Government was very informative.  They showed sea level statistics, water temperature statistics, climate, monthly barometric pressure and air temperature, along with Weather & Wave Maps, and tsunami information. 

http://www.bom.gov.au/pacific/png/index.shtml  

Climate 

For a history of Climate in Papua New Guinea, I chose these websites: 

Blue Green Atlas gave a nice basic overview. 

https://www.bluegreenatlas.com/climate/papua_new_guinea_climate.html

Britannica gave more detailed information with many links for additional information. 

https://www.britannica.com/place/Papua-New-Guinea/Climate

How climate change is affecting Papua New Guinea 

Climate Centre assembled an excellent fact sheet on the impact of climate change on humanitarian activities and provided additional resources from academic papers, government and NGO publications. 

https://www.climatecentre.org/wp-content/uploads/RCCC-Country-profiles-PNG_2024_final.pdf

The United Nations website discussed a 2012-2018 project to support communities affected by climate change. It has an excellent mapping tool.  

https://www.adaptation-undp.org/projects/enhancing-adaptive-capacity-communities-papua-new-guinea

Climate Investment Funds shared information about Pilot Programs for Climate Resilience and a recent story “CIF Delivers: Pacific Island Countries Create More Resilient Futures.” 

https://www.cif.org/country/papua-new-guinea

The World Bank assembled information on historical hazards and heat risk with great charts. 

https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/papua-new-guinea/vulnerability

Interactive Country Fiches was a goldmine of information such as economic drivers, climate change, pollution, water, biodiversity, forest, land, green economy, and sustainable finance.  

https://dicf.unepgrid.ch/papua-new-guinea/climate-change

The Natural Resource Management Hub was very informative and described the four biggest threats to Papua New Guinea, the impact and response to climate change, along with legislation plans, and so much more. 

https://www.png-nrmhub.org/case-study/how-papua-new-guinea-is-adapting-to-climate-change