What happens to a country when its territory is
swallowed
by the sea?
We can say that the visitors to luxury hotels in the Maldives (each
contributing a lot to global heating for one person) are consuming
those islands, using them up from under the inhabitants.
The people of the Maldive Islands knew what to do to save their
islands, and they did it: they elected a president who began
campaigning to curb global heating. He was
removed
then imprisoned by a military coup that I suspect has something to
do with
fossil
fuel interests.
In the light of what
Australia
and
Europe
are doing to refugees today, I think that they will tell the
inhabitants of island nations to sit down and drown. The dictator of
the Maldives must expect to buy safety for his family when the rest of
the population is drowned.
We had better stop doing the things that make
so
many people flee their homes.