Comments on: Global Warming Claims Island Community, Displaces 2,000 in Papua New Guinea

By: DKing

DKing — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:26:34 +0000

The Carteret Islanders were first resettled in the early 1980s, with the inudation problem having been felt for several years, probably because of island subsidence. The islanders did not like their new site on Bougainville and were beginning to return to their homeland before the civil war commenced. War made life on Bougainville untenable, but the islands’ problems remained unchanged. The end of the civil war has enabled re-resettlement – not climate change. This is not to deny the reality of climate change, but the Carteret Islanders case is more complex than ‘climate change’ refugee status.

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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:08:58 +0000

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By: emjay

emjay — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:21:29 +0000

How much has sea-level risen in the past 20 years?

By: R Margolis

R Margolis — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:34:12 +0000

As a fellow Floridian, I am also worrided about rising sea levels and the greater chance of hurricanes. At the same time, I can sympathize with those who are looking for the simplest and least expensive path of action. In other words, it is easy to convince folks to change to compact fluorescents, but difficult to give up coal (hence the focus on carbon sequestration). The climate youth movement has to think about how far you want to go and how to get buy-in from the “regular folks”.

By: Amy Ortiz

Amy Ortiz — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:48:28 +0000

This is just another clear indication that climate change is happening NOW. I think that we need to get out of this mentality that climate change is 10,15,20 years off and accept the reality that we are already feeling the impacts. I think that might help spur people to action. This, and the mega fires in california, drought in the Southeast, tornado in Brooklyn are just among some of the signs that we are already living in a climate change impacted world. The question is, how much worse does it need to get before we take action?