While the rest of the world wakes up to the climate emergency, people in Oceania have been living it "for decades", a new report says. In low-lying nations such as Tonga, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, many have already died from climate-related extremes. Caritas Oceania director Julianne Hickey said there was nowhere near enough global awareness of climate change's impact on Oceania. READ MORE:* Crunching climate change strike's numbers* Greta is 'voice of a generation'* In photos: Climate change strike* Young strikers 'on the right side of history'Oceania's small population and smaller-sized states meant it was overlooked, Hickey said. Of course, we hope for more - the implications of climate change are huge," she said.

Source: Stuff October 03, 2019 07:07 UTC