UN hub reaches remote Pacific islanders: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

By UN News

May 28, 2024 11:15 am

The communities of thousands of tiny Pacific islands are the frontline gamechangers tackling the climate crisis, and a hub based in Micronesia now hosts more than a dozen UN agencies that together are helping address some of their most pressing needs as they battle existential threats like rising sea levels.

'They do not want to leave their ancestral places, even if they go under,' said Jaap van Hierden.

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