It’s the world’s northernmost town and the one heating up the fastest. Longyearbyen in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago is trying to adapt to rising temperatures and sea levels. But the pace of change might be too quick to deal with.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives at a Pacific Island forum on climate change where she watches performers and socializes with children in Funafuti, Tuvalu, Wednesday, August 14, 2019.
Ardern met with Pacific Island leaders in Tuvalu, a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, to discuss global warming.
Some of the Pacific islands are currently battling rising sea levels and other climate change impacts that have forced some residents to move to higher ground. (Reuters)
Rising sea level and contaminated fresh water could make an island paradise in the Indian Ocean uninhabitable. The effects of climate change on the Maldives are difficult to ignore. Maldivian climate activist Thilmeeza Hussain says these changes are impacting everyday life for the 400,000 people who live there. Will Maldivians become climate refugees? How can this island nation be saved? Hussain is an Aspen New Voices Fellow and a speaker at Spotlight Health. The views and opinions of the speakers in the podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the Aspen Institute.
