US EditionS.Leone islanders despair as rising ocean threatens survival
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Residents, considering Serra Leo's first climate transfer, are ready to move and lose their houses and possessions again and again with water up to the hills, Hassan points to the size of the ocean in front of him, on the coast of Serra Leo: "Here was my house, there was the football field and many other houses [...] the ocean destroyed everything." In just five years, this fisherman lost practically everything he built in his life, subjected to…
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From rising seas to disappearing forests, the world’s small island developing states are facing some of the fiercest fallout from the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Shallow reef in Papua New Guinea. Photo credit: Amanda Cotton / Ocean Image Bank But many of these countries are fighting back. In partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) more than 30 isla…
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L'OpinionFrom water to the knees, Hassan Kargbo shows the vastness of the ocean in front of him, off Sierra Leone: "Here it was my house and there the football field and so many other houses... The ocean destroyed everything," he looses. In just five years, this fisherman lost everything from his...
The level of the oceans inexorably nibbles the land, forcing thousands of inhabitants to a forced exodus. Off the coast of Sierra Leone, a silent drama is taking place. The islands of the Turtle Archipelago, once prosperous, disappear gradually under the waves. The inhabitants, powerless witnesses of this accelerated erosion, see their homes, their schools and [...] The article Sierra Leone: Islands sacrificed on the altar of global warming appe…
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