Are We Past The Point Of No Return?????

Are we past the point of no return?

As climates continues to warm, entire islands are sinking below rising waters caused by melting glaciers. There are many island nations that are already doomed. Action must be taken now in order to try to reverse the visible and invisible impacts of Global Climate Change. This is especially so because  many invisible impacts are on their way to surfacing. Essentially, we may think we hold a grasp on the state of climate change and its’ impacts but we may not know how great and irreversible these impacts actually are. Right now, there are whole communities having to be relocated. These people are defined as Climate Refugees. Villages that have been living in their homes and off local resources for decades are no longer there and that area is now eroded. There are at least 18 islands submerged in water around the world. The following are islands that are sinking or at risk from rising sea levels: Tuvalu with 12,000 residents - they have no more fresh water and vegetable plots have washed away; Ghoramara near India where 2/3 are submerged as of 2006 with 7000 residents already relocated; the neighbouring island of Sagar with 250,000 residents also threatened; 50 other islands are jeopardized in the India-Bangladesh Sundarbans with a population of 2 million; Kutubdia in south-eastern Bangladesh lost over 200,000 residents with remaining 150,000 likely soon to leave; Maldives with 369,000 residents whose president wants to relocate the entire country; Marshal islands encompass 60,000 residents at risk; Kiribati hold 107,800 residents at risk; Tonga with 116,900 residents at risk; Vanuatu with 212,000 residents at risk, some of whom have already been evacuated and coastal villages relocated; Solomon islands including 566,800 residents at risk; Carteret islands in Papuaney Guinea holding 2,500 residents and whose land no longer supports agriculture; Shishmaref Alaska, USA with 600 residents and Kivalini Alaska, USA with 400 residents at risk; there are over 2000 other islands in Indonesia, Dubai with 1.2 million residents in the United Arab Emirates considered at risk; Cook islands with 19,500 residents at risk; Tokelau which is a multi-island territory of new Zealand with 1,400 residents at risk; Federated states of Micronesia with 108,000 residents at risk;  Manus having 50,000 residents at risk; and Takuu with 600 residents at risk. Are we at the point of no return? For many of these regions this is the case. The damage caused or yet to be caused is irreversible and these areas are or eventually will be submerged under water. If the rich, Western cultures refuse to kick their carbon habits there will be many more regions on the line and at risk. Unless action is taken the communities and cultures that westerners speak so highly of in regards to their travel experiences will be forever lost.