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Carteret Island

Tom Heap witnesses the first large scale human evacuation due to climate change. The Carteret Islands are slowly being submerged by the rising sea, forcing the removal of hundreds of islanders to nearby Papua New Guinea.

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Thu 28 May 200913:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Mon 25 May 200921:00
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