It’s nice to see major news organizations reporting on the impact that global warming is having on low-lying islands in Micronesia.
The Washington Post has published a provocative piece titled A ground zero forgotten: The Marshall Islands, once a U.S. nuclear test site, face oblivion again.
The Associated Press, meanwhile, has this terrific article, Arkansas a refuge from rising seas in Marshall Islands.
The articles, both published Friday, come as a major United Nations meeting on global warming is beginning to convene in Paris.
Graves on Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands..
Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat
On hand will be representatives from the Marshall Islands, including Foreign Minister Tony de Brum and Marshallese poet and professor Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner.
Both have warned for some time of the threat of climate change.
Read more about climate change in Micronesia and its contribution to immigration to the United States in Civil Beat’s seven-part series, The Micronesians.
Stand with France and my President: #COP21 for #climatepeace https://t.co/57xiB5Lex8 pic.twitter.com/vbtQJ0BYE7
— Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (@kathykijiner) November 27, 2015
‘I’m going to Paris because I’m fighting for my home’ @kathykijiner: https://t.co/Al21JYIMHH pic.twitter.com/MXpOVZsQE1
— Climate Home (@ClimateHome) November 25, 2015
Marshall Islands ‘feeling climate effects’ https://t.co/P4hC4JjwUl pic.twitter.com/whs6CmkLrD — SBS News (@SBSNews) November 2, 2015
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