Their plight has been created by ferocious storms not caused by their own actions but by profligate carbon emissions (CO2) by rich nations. (caribbean360.com)
But Topping says defences, such as building dykes and developing new storm warning systems to guard against potentially more ferocious storms, are only part of the answer. (newscientist.com)
Miriam Mason Sesay (@EducAidSL) based in Sierra Leone notes that «the increasingly ferocious storms» in her community «are part of a changing pattern» that «looks like climate change and certainly leave the poor particularly vulnerable.» (educationworld.com)