'First victim' due to climate change

According to a recent study on climate change, the Pacific island of Carteret will become the first "victim" in the world due to global warming when scientists predict the island has could be completely submerged in 2015 due to sea level rise.

The sea will submerge this island sooner - Photo: Roland Hancock

The beautiful Carteret Island was named after the European explorer who discovered it here in 1767, in the form of a horseshoe, consisting of many small low-lying islands below the sea. But with the current sea level rise, the island is known as a tourist paradise in the Pacific that is in danger of becoming the first victim of rising sea levels. A recent study said the island's highest position is only 1.5 meters from the water.

Discovered more than 300 years ago, discovered, the Carteret Island, 70 miles from Northeast Papua New Guinea is considered an ideal tourist destination on the Pacific Ocean, with a peaceful setting along the beaches. Beautiful white sand. But it is very likely that those images will disappear forever due to the effects of climate change.

Sea level rise and coastline eroded by global warming could force 2500 residents on Carteret Island to soon migrate to higher islands of Papua New Guinea. Under the plan, the first 40 households on the island will be migrated early next year because their homes are in danger of being submerged by seawater.

According to a recent scientific survey, the highest point of Carteret Island is only 1.5 meters from the sea. Meanwhile, long stretches of beaches are eroding and the agricultural sector here is also facing difficulties due to saltwater intrusion and rising tide.

To avoid danger to the people living on the island, a large-scale migration plan was taken into account. New houses are expected to be built on the island of Buka of Papua New Guinea to serve this migration plan, even though the people on Carteret Island, especially the elderly, do not want to leave the island. Their dear island.