Hilda Heine, Patrick Verkooijen: Small islands risk extinction
The 39 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that 65 million people call home are on the brink of climate extinction.
Rising seas are swallowing up the very land on which they live. A single typhoon can wipe out decades of economic and social progress. The reality SIDS are facing is stark and unforgiving, yet the world hardly seems to care.