Climate change impacts on Pukapuka Island

The Esperanza anchored off Pukapuka Island.

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Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, has visited the remote Pacific island, Pukapuka, in the Cook Islands. In 2005, Pukapuka and the nearby atoll of Nassau were devastated by Cyclone Percy – the fourth of five cyclones to hit the Cook Islands in five weeks. Only 10 per cent of houses on Pukapuka survived intact.