Small islands negotiating for survival at climate talks

Small islands negotiating for survival at climate talks

24 NOVEMBER 2013

With the onset of sea level rise and increase in extreme weather events, entire island nations face extermination. Islands in the Pacific Ocean are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and are some of the first countries being forced to migrate from their homeland. 

At the closing of the UN climate negotiations today, these small island states are negotiating for their very survival as they are forcibly being driven from their homes as a result of climate change. ...

 

Rad more at Thomson Reuters Foundation: http://www.trust.org/item/20131122120158-w3gtz/

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