- Tuvalu’s display at Shanghai Expo shows why it is so vulnerable to rising seas. Country is just a beach with a few coconut trees.
“Pacific island nations are comparing global warming to an “invading army” in a plea to the UN Security Council to break the stalemate in negotiations over a legally binding global climate treaty. The 11 nations wrote to members of the UN’s most powerful body arguing the threat they face from a warmer world and rising sea levels is comparable to armed conflict. The Security Council oversees threats to international peace and security.” says the Herald. (more…)
