26 JULY 2018
Climate Home News, 22nd June 2018
“It is hard to describe the personal emotions Marshallese people feel looking at these images,” says David Paul.
The environment minister of the Marshall Islands has just released striking new graphics that show how fast climate change may overwhelm his homeland.
The sea level rise projections were produced by researchers at the University of Hawaii, who topographically mapped Majuro to generate a specific picture of the future for the Marshall Island’s capital atoll.
“Majuro is so small that we can all see our own houses. My own house would be underwater. Everyone I love, everything I own, and every part of my history is in these islands,” says Paul.