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Pacific Islands Pass
U.N. Resolution on
Climate Change and Security

The General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously passed a resolution linking climate change to security, the first of its kind. In addition to urging the relevant organs of the U.N. to intensify their efforts to combat climate change, it also requests that the Secretary General release a report on the matter after consulting with member states and internaitonal organizations. | learn more

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Climate Displacement

  • Climate Displacement
  • Climate change threatens to displace millions of people from their homes. Most of those displaced will be from developing countries, though developed countries are by no means immune. Adaptation will be necessary for many islands just to compensate for warming that has already occurred, but at a certain point adaptation will become impossible unless it is accompanied by strong mitigation efforts. | more

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