Climate change may still seem far off for some, but for the people of the island nations of Fiji, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands, it is already a disturbing reality.
In recent years, cyclones, droughts, and other natural disasters have become commonplace for these Pacific island nations, as well as several other countries. If sea levels continue to rise at their current rates, some of them will be completely submerged within just a few decades, according to a UN report released at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris earlier this month.
