Contributor:
Mary Robinson
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Paul Brown:
Climate change and human rights

Comment

CHILDREN FROM THE ASSUMPTION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DRESS UP TO TAKE PART IN A TALENT CONTEST IN THE CAPITAL MAJURO. NEARLY 40% OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS’ POPULATION IS UNDER 14, BUT BY THE TIME THEY HAVE REACHED OLD AGE THEY WILL HAVE HAD TO FIND A NEW HOMELAND. THEIR ISLANDS WILL BE UNINHABITABLE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR TRADITIONAL CULTURE WILL BE LOST.

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