Near Papua/New Guinea lies the Carteret Islands. Beautiful islands that are sinking in the ocean due to the rising sea levels caused by global warming. The natives of the Islands need to find new homes and soon. One of the immediate problems is that a king tide swamped their farm land with salt water killing their crops.
The islanders are on their own - they can't call their insurance companies because there are none. There doesn't seem to be a centralized government that can or knows how to assist them with relocation. The villagers have one solution, they send a delegation to the nearest nearby island and travel village to village asking for a plot of land that can be donated for the resettlement of their people. And the Carteret Islanders are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Fascinating first look at an environmental problem that many regions will be soon be facing .
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