Citizenship sales, land creation and legal battles: How small islands are confronting existential climate threat

Citizenship sales, land creation and legal battles: How small islands are confronting existential climate threat Getty Images The Pacific Island of Tuvalu is grappling with the reality that much of its land mass may no longer lie above sea level by mid-century From erecting seawalls to selling citizenship, vulnerable small islands are taking sometimes drastic measures to protect themselves from rising seas, storms and economic devastation. cannot do this alone," he said, adding that small islands required "transformational change" in access to climate finance.. From reclaiming land from the sea to selling citizenship, the BBC looks at some of the measures already being taken to save these low-lying nations. She called for developed countries and carbon producers to boost climate money without increasing debt in "already burdened" developing countries using global levies on stock and bond trades, shipping and fossil fuel extraction. Getty Images Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says climate migration will become a reality for many island states without adequate finance Other court rulings brought about by islands have already been given.