SYDNEY, Australia, Jun 28 (IPS) – Robby Nena is one of the many farmers and fishermen on the frontline of climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), where coastal flooding and erosion, variable and heavy rainfall, increased temperature, droughts and other extreme weather events are becoming all too common.

Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts
How Nepal is Learning To Cope With the Psychological Toll of Its Missing
UN aid operation underway in Nepal following fresh floods
In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater
Giving a dam: Cultivating peace in Côte d’Ivoire
Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk