Îles Marshall et changements climitiques: les îles pourraient bien disparaître

Pour certaines régions la Conférence de Paris revêt encore plus d'importance que pour les autres. C'est le cas de Îles Marshall qui tentent de repousser l'océan dont le niveau grimpe de façon alarmante.  Une part importante des terres de l'île, 17%, pourrait se retrouver sous le niveau de la mer en 2050.

 “It does not make sense for us to go to Paris and come back with something that says, ‘In a few years’ time, your country is going to be underwater,’” Mr. deBrum said in an interview at his seaside home in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands. “We see the damage occurring now. We’re trying to beat back the sea.”

In the global fight over climate change, leaders of vulnerable low-lying island nations have long sought to draw attention to their plight. They have staged symbolic events like an underwater cabinet meeting, gone on hunger strikes and delivered anguished speeches to the United Nations. Those efforts have had little impact on the substance of the energy and economic policies that dictate governmental response to climate change."

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/world/The-Marshall-Islands-Are-Disappearing.html?emc=edit_th_20151202&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=53611133