SBS Examines: Mga isla sa harap ng matinding panahon at klima

Isang paaralan sa Vanuatu ang nanatiling hindi maayos sa loob ng maraming taon matapos ang isang bagyo. Hindi ito kakaiba sa mga Isla sa Pasipiko, na madalas nakararanas ng matinding panahon.

Pacific island nations are surrounded by the world's biggest ocean, which drives the weather not just for the region but for the whole world. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

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SBS Examines: Mga isla sa harap ng matinding panahon at klima

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Noong 2020, tumama ang Cyclone Harold sa Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, at Vanuatu.

Sa isla ng Espiritu Santo, tuluyang nasira ang paaralang Tasmalum.

Ayon kay Peter Jamieson, CEO ng PASIFIKAID, nanatiling wasak ang paaralan nang bumisita siya apat na taon pagkatapos ng bagyo.

"Kids were playing at lunchtime and climbing over the rusty tin and great big timbers that lay on the ground and up on it, leaning up to the roof," aniya.

"Nothing had been done to restore the school. It’s not that the government didn’t want to. The government hasn’t got the money because there’s so many disasters."

Cyclone Harold in 2020 destroyed the Tasmalum School in Vanuatu. Credit: Supplied: Peter Jamieson

Sinabi ni Maki Igarashi, pinuno ng Country Delegation para sa Papua New Guinea sa International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, na ang kalayuan at lawak ng bansa, pati na ang kakayahan ng mga aid organisation, ay nakakaapekto sa mga tugon sa pagbangon.

"Sometimes we have to use a small dinghy, like a fishery boat, which takes several hours," sabi niya.

"The other day I was talking to Cook Islands. It takes [about] one week to get to the island. So you can see the scale, the distance, or the access challenge in the Pacific.”

Ayon kay Andrew Jones, General Manager ng International Development sa Bureau of Meteorology, hindi nakakatulong ang epekto ng pagbabago ng klima.

“The compounding effects of sea level rise and extreme weather events is one of the biggest risks that the Pacific faces now and in the coming years," he said. 

"The impact it's having on the Pacific is just unprecedented, and really, not enough is made of it on the global stage."

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