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Home » sea level rise

Tag: sea level rise

The sinking Malaita Province

By Sanjeshni Kumar February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

Villagers of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, fear that their homes will vanish soon as king tides cause flooding that they have never experienced before

Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops

By Merewalesi Yee, Annah Piggott-McKellar, Celia McMichael and Karen E McNamara February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Serua Island residents are choosing to stay put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops as their decision is based on ‘Vanua’, which binds local communities to their land

Tonga – On the frontline of sea level rise

By Martin Barriteau February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Early data from the January tsunami indicates that Tonga needs to add another metre to its sea walls to be safe from future tsunamis, writes Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser

Football hope for climate vulnerable Tuvalu

By Sanjeshni Kumar December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

Tuvalu is still hopeful it can join the world football body, FIFA despite its vulnerability to climate change

Climate change a ‘fundamental’ threat to livelihood of Pacific people – report

By Mildred Armah November 22, 2022November 22, 2022

Tuvalu immigrant, Kelesoma Saloa, shares the devastating story of why he had to leave his home country because of climate change for the sake of his children and their future

Marshall Islands ask for a place their future generations can call home

By Makereta Komai November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Marshall Islands asks world leaders to stand in solidarity and take difficult and bold decisions to fight against climate crisis. “We cannot afford further delay…”

How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels

By Kate Lyons November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

The government of Fiji makes a daunting plan to move communities in villages that have been gravely affected by the harsh impacts of the climate crisis even though many are hesitant to leave their homes

As world gathers for COP27, Tuvalu declares state of emergency for extreme droughts

By Sosikeni Lesa November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

Tuvalu told world leaders at COP27 that it is not just on the brink of sinking due to climate change-induced sea level rise but also facing extreme drought

Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis

By Emily Wilkinson, Matt Bishop and Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

Vulnerable small island states join Vanuatu in requesting the ICJ to give an advisory opinion on the rights and obligations of states under international law concerning the adverse effects of climate change

The climate crisis threatens to rob us not just of our living, but also of our dead

By Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

When atoll nations are told that they may have to leave due to rising seas, I think of their fathers’ and mothers’ bones. Climate crisis threatens Pacific island nations – they rob us not just of the living, but also of our dead, writes Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson.

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