Sea-level Rise: Kiribati and Tuvalu view from Ground Zero

[Stacey King]

Article by Mary-Lou Considine in Ecos Magazine

According to the World Bank, tens of millions of people in 84 developing countries including Vietnam, Bangladesh, Jamaica and the Maldives will likely be displaced by rising sea levels over this century. In our region, a rise of one metre would effectively put the small Pacific Island nations of Kiribati and Tuvalu at ground zero, a prospect that raises a host of humanitarian issues for Australia and New Zealand, writes Mary-Lour Considine.

This is an excellent article which not only highlights scientific issues but also the human cost of projected climate change on Kiribati and Tuvalu.

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