International legal experts are discovering climate change
law, and the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is a case in point:
The Polynesian archipelago is doomed to disappear beneath
the ocean. Now lawyers are asking what sort of rights citizens
have when their homeland no longer exists.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,505819,00.html
2007-09-14 14:35:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
"the world can afford" --- true.
but aware of immigration debates
and the tendency to absence when
at a CERTAIN purse is pointed I give
a thumb-up just reluctantly ... :)
2007-09-14 15:00:57 · update #1
oh and I'd love the touch
of a perspective after all :)
not just "uh oh england sank?
uhm tough. guess 60 millions
will have to go somewhere!!"
2007-09-14 15:48:01 · update #2
least helpful is to muck about
and say it just does not happen,
maybe get updated 1st with the
latest news about the NW Passage
2007-09-15 10:14:21 · update #3
Legal action will get them lots of attention but few concessions.
They are fortunate their number is few enough to be absorbed elsewhere without too much trouble. The UN should negotiate a multilateral immigration policy before a major storm wipes them out (and we have another New Orleans debacle).
According to my friends who have been there, the people of Tuvalu treasure their homeland enough that compliance with any evacuation scheme may be a problem. Such is the case in the states when hurricanes threaten.
Despite the impending loss, their island paradise will become the canary in the mine, the wake-up call for global action, to begin preparation for the relocation of our coastal cities.
2007-09-14 16:42:09 · answer #1 · answered by James 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It is not clear that Tuvalu will disappear. One might ask---how could Tuvalu possibly exist, with an average elevation less than 1 meter above sea level, when the sea level has been rising 1 meter per century for the last 150 centuries? Clearly the island is being built up about as fast as the ocean is rising. Possible mechanisms include coral reef growth and geological uprising, either of which could (approximately) keep up with sea level rise.
With GW, the sea level will rise somewhat faster than it has in the past, but there is no expectation of a large acceleration in sea level rise over the next few decades.
2007-09-15 04:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by cosmo 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
The world can afford to relocate a few islanders. I want to know what we will do for Venice, Italy, New Orleans, USA, and about half of the country of Holland.
2007-09-14 14:46:22 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
for us it is a pity, for them a catastrophy.
maybe the freshly established council for
world's native populations could take the lead
in voicing expectable problems louder at the UN.
2007-09-14 19:44:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
If they really believe in the predictions of climate models, there are plenty of people in the world who do not believe in the predictions of climate models. They should put their country up for sale, split the money up and move. When sea level begins to drop the middle of this century it will make a nice resort area for someone.
2007-09-15 02:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 1⤊ 6⤋
and that's just the beginning.
anxiously looking forward to the
surge of immigration supporters. :)
2007-09-14 15:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The answer to your question is - they will have to go somewhere else.
The answer to the lawyers is - none, just like other refugees, they will have to take what ever is offered.
2007-09-14 15:19:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋