Climate Change and the Pacific

While the Pacific is often used as the “poster-child” of climate change – complete with images of islands submerged by rising seas – the reality is more complex, though no less urgent. The relationship between climate change and the movement of people is particularly important. People in the Pacific, and indeed throughout the world, have always moved because of changes in their environment. But today the pressures are increasing as a result of long-term changes in climate, but also because of settlement patterns, population growth, and economic pressures.

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Source: The Diplomat