Climate Change
Climate change occasionally poses a threat to island nations. Rising sea levels provide obstacles including reduced land use, water scarcity and sometimes even resettlement issues for island nations. In 2011, the Center for Climate Change Law (CCCL) held a conference which was attended by 272 registrants from 39 island nations titled Legal Issues for Threatened Island Nations.
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