Rising waters threat to Fiji
FIJI is set to relocate dozens of villages that could soon be underwater due to rising sea-levels.
There are now 42 communities that need moving on the South Pacific Island. Each move will cost around £1million.
In 2014, Vunidogoloa moved two kilometres inland becoming the first to relocate. Six more have since been moved.
Erica Bower, who has worked on the relocations, said: “No other country, to the best of my knowledge, has progressed as far in their thinking about how to make planned relocation decisions.”
Lavetanalagi Seru, of the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network, added: ”Climate change is threatening the social fabrics of our Pacific communities.”