Carterets

There are those who question the assumption that the Carterets are the victims of man-made climate change.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

There are those who question the assumption that the Carterets are the victims of man-made climate change.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

There are those who question the assumption that the Carterets are the victims of man-made climate change.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

So for now, the people of the Carterets are left to wait and fight against the rising tides.

CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009 2009

That's exactly what's happening to the people of the Carterets.

CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009 2009

For the people on low lying islands such as the Carterets, the Maldives, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and many others, the general feeling is that only the Industrial Super Powers have the ability to change things - and possibly save them from losing their homelands from rising seas.

Wade Norris: Help Send A Citizen Journalist To Copenhagen 2009

The same is true of Ursula Rakova of the Carterets who has formed a non-profit called Tulele Peisa (which means "Sailing the Waves on Our Own") and seeks to empower the Carteret people to raise money for relocation, and has been advocating on her people's behalf.

Wade Norris: Defining Justice for Environmental Refugees 2009

So is it rising seas or the loss of coral that's causing the Carterets to sink?

CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009 2009

GUPTA (voice-over): The five islands that make up the Carterets are just five feet above sea level at their highest point.

CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009 2009

GUPTA (voice-over): The people of the Carterets call themselves some of the world's first climate change refugees.

CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009 2009