A new U.N. report finds that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year, and dozens of disasters.
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“The world has much to learn from the Pacific and the world must also step up to support your initiatives,” U.N. Secretary General António GuterresThe Pacific Islands Forum is the premier diplomatic body for the region, representing both Pacific peoples who achieved independent statehood since World War II and territories that remain under Western rule.The report said 2023 was one of the top three hottest years on record for the southwest Pacific region.
“It’s almost like we need Western science to validate what our people have already been saying just for the world to hear us,” she said. But climate effects aren’t limited to contemporary culture. In Fruea’s ancestral home of Tuvalu and on other islands like the Marshall Islands, communities are grappling with the cultural disruption of considering migrating entire villages within their nations. Existing social structures like chief designations are often based on geography and the makeup of villages and internal migration has the potential to upend those traditional social structures.
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