Islands Business: The Pacific region is on the front line of climate change. Its low-lying islands risk being swamped by rising sea levels and their inhabitants forced to emigrate.
In June, exceptionally high tides coupled with storm surges flooded parts of the Marshall Islands capital, Majuro. The rising waters topped the city sea walls.
Some islanders were forced to evacuate their residences and the state of disaster was declared.
For the Pacific people, weather extremes are not about a distant future....