Shukdev Das: “I live in Ghoramara. I lost my house due to the rising sea water. We are certain that in the near future, our island will also be under water. We don’t know where we shall live.” Captions and photos source: © Greenpeace / Peter Caton
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Although around 100,000 people still reside on Kutubdia, few have any illusions they are living on borrowed time, with Coast – a Bangladeshi NGO – warning the whole island could disappear underwater within 50 years.
Tens of thousands have already left for good, mainly heading to the teeming capital Dhaka or a slum area of Cox’s Bazaar, a resort town some 80 kilometers (50 miles) away…
Read Full Article, Economic Times
Climate-forced migration, displacement still unaddressed, CBS News
At least 19.3 million people worldwide were driven from their homes by natural disasters last year – 90 percent of which were related to weather events, according to the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. Most have stayed within their own countries, including millions displaced in the South Asian delta nation of Bangladesh. But as their numbers rise, more will feel compelled to cross international borders in search of safe haven…
Paris climate talks: vulnerable countries demand 1.5C warming limit, Guardian UK (11-30-2015)
Sinking Sundarbans: A Photo Gallery by Peter Caton / Greenpeace (11-23-2010)
