The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has been raising awareness of the impact that climate change is having on small island nations like hers, from the Caribbean to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In addition to facing more extreme weather and temperatures, these islands also have to contend with the threat posed by rising sea levels – which, for some islands, is existential. In this episode, Qasa Alom speaks to reporters in Fiji and the Maldives about what small island nations can do to survive.Guests:
Dr Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, Director of the Ocean Physics program at NASA
Dr Rosanne Martyr-Koller, Coastal Hazards and Adaptation Scientist at Climate Analytics
Shahudha Mohamed, on-the-ground reporter in the Maldives
Tim Vula, on-the-ground reporter in Fiji

Producer: Ben Cooper
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Series producer: Simon Watts
Editor: China Collins
Sound engineers: Hal Haines and Rod Farquhar
Production coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill

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