Is the constant talk about climate change and sea level rise causing decision makers in the Pacific to become fatalistic about the issue? Some scientists have suggested that although coastal processes are the result of very complex systems with multi-faceted causes, there can be a tendency by politicians and officials to believe that sea level rise is the key factor in any change.
Annika Dean, a PhD student based as Australia's Climate Change Research centre, has been on Tarawa atoll in Kiribati for the past three months, and she says that sometimes the idea that sea level rise is responsible for any and all changes to the coastline can cause decision makers to believe, falsely, there's little they can do.
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Source: ABC Radio Australia