By Jennifer Bencivenga
At its best, the 2016 Paris climate agreement is a fledgling roadmap to fundamentally changing the way humans interact with their environment; at its worst, it’s the grandest of empty gestures.
Whichever the case, global recognition of the climate crisis is certainly a step in the right direction, providing the basis for more ambitious future commitments. However, for communities already experiencing the often catastrophic consequences of a warming Earth, large-scale action and incremental progress offers little in the way of relief — their priority, simply put, is survival.
Small island developing states are quite literally on the frontlines of climate change, facing effects such as rising sea levels, climbing temperatures, and extreme weather events disproportionate to the rest of the world. Though scattered across the Caribbean, Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans, they share similar… Continue reading the rest of the article on Devex