Contents

• Introduction
• Ecological and Socio economical impact of climate changes on Pacific Islands
• Refugee crisis
• Mitigation and adaptation
• Conclusion
• Reference list

Description

– The advent of industrialization of the civilized world has brought with it dangers to the ecological balance of the planet earth. Excessive industrialization, burning of fossil fuels, emission from automobiles etc. have over the decades thickened the blanket of green house gases, resulting in global warming. Pacific Islands for long have withstood civilized countries’ onslaught like colonization, phosphate mining, nuclear weapons testing, Second World War and cold war. But the most dangerous threat the islands are facing since the past few decades is the impact of climate change on the lives of the people, health and ecology of the region (Jon Bernett, 2005). Much of the lower and middle class populace in these islands is dependent on natural resources for their livelihood and their lives are closely linked with the climatic conditions of the islands. Any adverse effects of the climatic changes would seriously endanger their livelihood. It is not just about the livelihood, the migration of the population arising out of this situation has taken toll on them mentally too as the refugees find it difficult to adjust to the urbanized societies deprived of their inherited ways of living. The paper discusses the impact of climatic changes globally and on the population of pacific islands, pubic health outcomes, problems created due to their migration within the migrants as well as in the host countries, efforts to mitigate adverse climatic changes and climate change adaptation.