Climate change refugees offered rental islands
by David Masters
June 3, 2009
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Indonesia is offering many of its 10,000 islands to climate change refugees driven off their homeland by rising sea levels – but only if the price is right.
Indonesia’s maritime minister has proposed renting out islands to communities displaced by climate change.
The proposals must be approved by the Indonesian government before they are implemented.
Pacific Island nations are among the hardest hit by rising sea levels, with more than half of the region’s population living within 1.5km of the shore.
According to a recent report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, 300 million people have already been seriously affected by climate change.
Climate change kills 300,000 people per year, the GHF report said, and costs an annual $125 billion.
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