Island Nations

It seems that I’m not the only person musing about great places disappearing as sea levels rise. Yesterday the news came out that the newly elected President of the Maldives is going to go shopping for a new homeland for his people. Makes a lot of sense. I’d also think that industrialized nations who are the biggest contributors to global climate change should set up a multi-lateral funding system to help small nations like the Maldives. We caused the problem, seems we should at least buy people new homes if we destroy them.

In the mean time, if you were thinking about waiting for retirement to kick back on your favorite atoll, you might want to consider moving that up your priority list. Sad, but scarily true.

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