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Mar 04, 2010

Kiribati Islands:one woman facing the effects of a climate catastrophe

by PhilLee — last modified Mar 04, 2010 12:35 PM
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Maria is from the Kiribati Islands in the Pacific and part of a solidarity network called the Pacific Calling Partnership. Hear her experience of facing the destruction of her homeland and her call to global leaders to act fast to preserve her way of life and that of millions of others.

Dec 05, 2007

Papua New Guinea: Our island has broken into two pieces

by Aine Hickey — last modified Dec 05, 2007 11:19 AM

Rising sea levels mean that the Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea are being evacuated

The people of the Carteret Islands are about to make history, as they begin to leave their island to find a new home. Rising seas are making their atoll uninhabitable - the land is too salty to grow food and the beaches on the small, sandy islands are being washed away. When a suitable home can be found they will start to leave. They are getting by now with the help of shipments of free rice from the autonomous government of Bougainville.

 

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