Seychelles is flooding, Mali is parched, Kiribati is eroding and the one bright spot would seem to be the fact that the United States president finally uttered the words “climate change.”
Nations on the front lines of climate change expressed hesitant optimism for the U.S., as delegates gathered for The Energy and Resources Institute’s 13th annual Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, whose goal is to tackle resource efficiency challenges.
Around the world, leaders pointed to the ways a changing climate was already affecting their nations.
Kiribati President Anote Tong told HuffPost his island nation is experiencing unprecedented coastal erosion, forcing some communities to relocate.
Seychelles President James Michel was unable to attend the summit because of recent flooding. As Seychelles Foreign Minister Jean-Paul Adam suggested, “We are very good fishermen, but we’re not used to having to use our boats on the street.”
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