US, EU ‘avoiding fair share’ of climate effoPacific Nations Beg for Help for Islanders when 'Calamity' of Climate Change Hits

US, EU ‘avoiding fair share’ of climate effoPacific Nations Beg for Help for Islanders when 'Calamity' of Climate Change Hits

26 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 industrialized countries to devise a plan.

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Source: Naharnet

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