As we know, some island countries like Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Maldives risk disappearing because of the climatic changes. Do you know of any solution adopted by island countries to avoid their disappearance caused by climate change?
In case of such situation, the affect countries should have plan to accommodate citizens in friend countries.
In case of such situation, the affect countries should have plan to accommodate citizens in friend countries.
To avoid going under water does not depend on island citizens, but on the whole world. That is why the islanders have lobbied for years in favour of restrictions on emissions of greenhouses gases at international conferences.
That has not worked very well, because oil company lobbyists have been "buying votes" with their money. In the meantime, weather has deteriorated to a point of no-return for everyone on Earth.
In the end the whole world population will be suffering as much as those going under water.
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"..some island countries like Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Maldives risk disappearing due to climate change".
There is no scientific evidence to support such an idea; its just political propaganda.
The science says that these islands are growing, not 'disappearing';
Webb, A. P., & Kench, P. S. (2010). The dynamic response of reef islands to sea-level rise: Evidence from multi-decadal analysis of island change in the Central Pacific. Global and Planetary Change, 72(3), 234-246.
It has been suggested that adaptation is the best response facing with climate change
Acceleration in sea level rise is pure fiction, based on incorrect climate models and wrong satellite data.
First, the alleged 'acceleration' is based solely on satellite data since 1992. This is far too short a time period on which to make such a claim.
Second, the NASA site cited claims;
"Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere increase the temperature of air and water, which causes sea level to rise "
There is no scientific evidence whatever backing this claim.
Third, measurements of the ocean temperatures clearly show a deceleration;
Gouretski, V., Kennedy, J., Boyer, T., & Köhl, A. (2012). Consistent near‐surface ocean warming since 1900 in two largely independent observing networks. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(19).
Jevrejeva, S., Moore, J. C., Grinsted, A., & Woodworth, P. L. (2008). Recent global sea level acceleration started over 200 years ago?. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(8).
Frederikse, T., Jevrejeva, S., Riva, R. E., & Dangendorf, S. (2018). A Consistent Sea-Level Reconstruction and Its Budget on Basin and Global Scales over 1958–2014. Journal of Climate, 31(3), 1267-1280.
Holgate, S. (2007). On the decadal rates of sea level change during the twentieth century. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(1).
Fourth; Sea level rise is currently just 1.3mm/yr and is slowing;
Wöppelmann, G., Miguez, B. M., Bouin, M.-N., & Altamimi, Z. (2007). Geocentric sea-level trend estimates from GPS analyses at relevant tide gauges world-wide. Global and Planetary Change, 57(3), 396-406.
Fifth; sea level rise does not affect Pacific atolls anyway since they grow with the rise;
Webb, A. P., & Kench, P. S. (2010). The dynamic response of reef islands to sea-level rise: Evidence from multi-decadal analysis of island change in the Central Pacific. Global and Planetary Change, 72(3), 234-246.
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