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SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES: CLIMATE CHANGE
FIVE METERS HIGH AND RISING
In the war against climate change, Small Island Developing States are on the front lines. But these tiny countries are given little to fight the battles to come By Nicholas K. Smith, OPEC Fund
B lue water, warm weather and an infinite oceanic horizon. These things might make the dream holiday getaway, but for people living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) those same things are less a dream and more a nightmare. Climate change will affect every nation on earth, but not all in the same way. Addressing these varied challenges is all the more
difficult for developing countries and even more so for SIDS, a special sub-set that faces the unique risk of their entire nations being obliterated or rendered uninhabitable. Though there is a host of varied threats associated with climate change, two in particular are especially harmful to SIDS: rising sea levels and extreme weather events.
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