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08/11/21 Relocating Pacific islanders ‘should be last resort’ By: Melanie Sison [MANILA] Dwellers of low-lying Pacific islands prefer to stay put and adapt to climate change and sea-level rise than relocating to new countries though this may not always be the viable option, says a newly-released World Bank study . “When long-term adverse impacts of climate change and sea-level rise are unavoidable, then planned relocation may indeed be necessary or unavoidable in certain cases but this is considered as a measure of last resort,” Duygu Cicek, who co-wrote the study, tell SciDev.Net . The study examines how sea-level rise will affect the maritime and legal rights of Pacific Island nations. Brought out in time for the UN climate summit COP26 , Cicek hopes that it will prove useful for those engaged in determining future policy to address the problems of small island states facing sea-level rise even as she notes that relocation may ent...