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Fiji
The Marshall Islands
Kiribati
Nauru
Tonga
Micronesia
The Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Timor Leste
are set to be virtually uninhabitable by 2029 due to climate shocks.
Fiji The Marshall Islands Kiribati Nauru Tonga Micronesia The Solomon Islands Vanuatu Timor Lesteare set to be virtually uninhabitable by 2029 due to climate shocks.
Pacific island nations - including Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Timor Leste and Tonga - demand major emitters take action.
'As early as 2030...their lands could become uninhabitable'.
Or earlier... https://www.sciencealert.com/pacific-islanders-are-in-a-climate-crisis-as-rising-sea-levels-threaten-water
'As early as 2030...their lands could become uninhabitable'.
Or earlier... https://www.sciencealert.com/pacific-islanders-are-in-a-climate-crisis-as-rising-sea-levels-threaten-water
This study focused on Roi-Namur Island (Marshall Islands):
Under a severe scenario (high emissions with the collapse of the Antarctic ice sheet, causing sea levels to rise drastically and rapidly) Roi-Namur could be without potable water *before* 2030.
https://psmag.com/environment/atoll-islands-may-become-uninhabitable-a-century-earlier-than-we-thought
Under a severe scenario (high emissions with the collapse of the Antarctic ice sheet, causing sea levels to rise drastically and rapidly) Roi-Namur could be without potable water *before* 2030.
https://psmag.com/environment/atoll-islands-may-become-uninhabitable-a-century-earlier-than-we-thought
'the authors warned that their findings also apply to islands all over the world including the Maldives, Seychelles and parts of Hawaii' https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/islands-sea-level-rise-flooding-uninhabitable-climate-change-maldives-seychelles-hawaii-a8321876.html
Low-lying Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies and industrialized countries that use them for their role in creating catastrophic climate change.
“My government is now exploring all avenues to utilize the judicial system.."
#ClimateJustice https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vanuatu-climatechange/desperate-low-lying-vanuatu-seeks-to-sue-climate-change-culprits-idUSKCN1NR0EX
“My government is now exploring all avenues to utilize the judicial system.."
#ClimateJustice https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vanuatu-climatechange/desperate-low-lying-vanuatu-seeks-to-sue-climate-change-culprits-idUSKCN1NR0EX
Low lying coastal communities especially vulnerable to threats:
-sea-level rise
-inundation of tides
-increased storm surge intensity
-coastal erosion
Extreme, sudden weather events (eg cyclones) can force communities to move, particularly in the tropics. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-forced-these-fijian-communities-to-move-and-with-80-more-at-risk-heres-what-they-learned-116178
-sea-level rise
-inundation of tides
-increased storm surge intensity
-coastal erosion
Extreme, sudden weather events (eg cyclones) can force communities to move, particularly in the tropics. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-forced-these-fijian-communities-to-move-and-with-80-more-at-risk-heres-what-they-learned-116178
'Also.. the Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Society Islands, Spratly Islands, Maldives, Seychelles, and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.'
Some islands 'will reach these tipping points sooner than described here'. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/eaap9741.full
Some islands 'will reach these tipping points sooner than described here'.
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/eaap9741.full
