Yet, rich countries have responded to this humanitarian disaster with lock-down and lock-up measures to try and stop vulnerable people trying to flee.
The poorest nations with the least resources and which have had the least to do with the climate emergency are being left to deal with humanitarian problems.
Climate-related displacement is still not considered to be an important global issue. The United Nations (UN) Charter still does not recognise climate refugees – those who cross international borders to find safety – let alone internally displaced persons due to changes in the climate.
The UN Human Rights Committee handed down a landmark decision last January, after a 2015 case was brought by Ioane Teitiota from the small Pacific island nation of Kiribati seeking protection in Aotearoa/New Zealand as a climate refugee. His claim was denied by the NZ government.
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Marine conservation requires collective participation from everyone. Recently, young women have taken the lead in marine conservation in Papua New Guinea, with the backing of the Coral Sea Foundation through its Sea Women of Melanesia (SWoM) Program.
Marine conservation requires collective participation from everyone. Recently, young women have taken the lead in marine conservation in Papua New Guinea, with the backing of the Coral Sea Foundation through its Sea Women of Melanesia (SWoM) Program.
The Coral Sea foundation, a brainchild of Australian marine biologist, Dr Andy Lewis, was founded in 2017.
Dr Lewis has been working in marine science and ecotourism in PNG since 2006, and has surveyed the coral reefs in the country at over 165 locations.