Mass Migration versus Climate Change

The president of the Maldives told that his government will start putting aside part of its billion-dollar annual tourism income. ‘‘We can do nothing to stop climate change on our own, so we have to buy land elsewhere. It’s an insurance policy for the worst possible outcome,’’ he said. The UN forecasts that the seas are likely to rise by up to 59cm by 2100. Most parts of the Maldives are just 1.5m above water. ‘‘We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be climate refugees living in tents for decades.’’

see the Nature Reports on the subject

see Here comes the flood by Peter Gabriel