Small Island States are especially vulnerable to climate change
Small Island Developing States are impacted in many ways by the changing climate. They are impacted, for example, by heatwaves, heavy rainfalls, floods, rising sea levels and ocean acidification.
Heatwaves cause excess moisture to be absorbed into the atmosphere and this is usually conducive to prolonged rainfalls with flooding as a consequence. When flooding occurs, it creates havoc for freshwater availability, the local infrastructure, agriculture and the general economy of the Small Island nations.
Sea level rise is considered to pose the most immediate and severe climate change threat to Small Island Developing States. The . . .