Pacific nations beg for help for islanders when 'calamity' of climate change hits

Pacific nations beg for help for islanders when 'calamity' of climate change hits

22 OCTOBER 2015

Pacific island nations have pleaded with wealthy countries to help their people migrate and find work if they are forced to flee their homelands because of the consequences of climate change.

A coalition of low-lying island nations said moving people because of rising sea levels, storms and ruined agriculture was a last resort, but the “calamity” of climate change required industrialised countries to devise a plan.

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Source: The Guardian

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