Can small islands live with climate change?

Published: Aug. 20, 2023, 1:32 p.m.

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The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has been raising awareness of the impact that climate change is having on small island nations like hers, from the Caribbean to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

In addition to facing more extreme weather and temperatures, these islands also have to contend with the threat posed by rising sea levels \\u2013 which, for some islands, is existential.

In this episode, Qasa Alom speaks to reporters in Fiji and the Maldives about what small island nations can do to survive.

Guests: \\nDr Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, Director of the Ocean Physics program at NASA \\nDr Rosanne Martyr-Koller, Coastal Hazards and Adaptation Scientist at Climate Analytics \\nShahudha Mohamed, on-the-ground reporter in the Maldives \\nTim Vula, on-the-ground reporter in Fiji \\n \\nProducer: Ben Cooper \\nResearcher: Octavia Woodward \\nSeries producer: Simon Watts \\nEditor: China Collins \\nSound engineers: Hal Haines and Rod Farquhar \\nProduction coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill

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