Climate change: Nauru's life on the frontlines

Authors

Anja M. Kanngieser, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

130940

Publication Details

Kanngieser, A. M. (2018). Climate change: Nauru's life on the frontlines. The Conversation, 22 October 1-4.

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The Conversation

Abstract

International perceptions of the Pacific Island nation of Nauru are dominated by two interrelated stories. Until the turn of the century, it was the dramatic boom and bust of Nauru's phosphate mine, and the mismanagement of its considerable wealth, that captured global attention.