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did you know?
The number of people in Oceania
region affected by weather-related
disasters has soared by 65 times over
the past 30 years.
Read more on page 6 of
Islands
are lost even before the sea-level
rises
(pdf, 405 kb)
Rich countries caused the problem, but
poor countries will be the ones to
suffer
unless there is climate
justice.
The
Pacific Region
will
be one of the worst affected by climate
change. There are 22 Pacific Island states
with approximately 7 million inhabitants.
Although the Pacific Islands contribute
the least to global greenhouse gas emissions
(0.06% of the world's current emissions),
they are among the most vulnerable to the
effects of global warming.
In November 2005, the 1000 residents of
the Carteret atolls in the Pacific became the
first people in the world to be officially
evacuated due to climate change. Starting as
soon as money is available to the Papuan New
Guinean regional government, 10 families at a
time will be moved to Bougainville, a larger
island 62 miles away. By 2015, the Carteret
atolls are likely to be completely
submerged.
The Climate Justice Programme is an
international and collaborative project that
encourages enforcement of the law to combat
climate change and to right associated human
rights injustices. Climate liability and
litigation in ten cases covering seven
countries around the world were highlighted
at United Nations climate talks in December
2004. These initiatives have been taken by
fourteen US states, twenty-eight NGOs and
lawyers, individuals and scientists around
the world to enforce the law to combat
climate change, and have the collaborative
support of Friends of the Earth
International, Greenpeace and WWF. more
information:
www.climatelaw.org/cases
*Friends of the Earth seeks
climate
justice
*Legal
moves to protect natural
world heritage sites
from
climate change
*Read
about global warming and climate refugees in
the pacific nations
*Find out
about the
injustices
that
threaten the people of the Pacific Region.
*Read
about environmental justice climate change
and environmental racism in the niger
delta
news
The big ask
- why
isn't the British government doing enough to
halt climate change?
Behind
the shine:
The other Shell Report
2003
Everest climbers
call for urgent action
on global warming
German
government
sued
over climate change
Climate
Justice Tour: Australia begins public debate
on
living with
climate change
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