Tuvalu, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands Are Already Experiencing Disastrous

question 57

Multiple Choice

Tuvalu, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands are already experiencing disastrous flooding related to global climate change. What has been the response of the people on these islands?

• A)They have built polders patterned after those found in the Netherlands.
• B)The islands have banded together into a strong political union lobbying for a global solution to climate change.
• C)All three have instituted a policy of transmigration, encouraging citizens to move to the center of their island countries.
• D)Scientists on these islands have worked together to build a highly advanced sea wall.
• E)They have done nothing.

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