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- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Frontispiece
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Preface to Volume II
- Part VII Rethinking the Pacific
- 32 Climate Change, Rising Seas, and Endangered Island Nations
- 33 Authority, Identity, and Place in the Pacific Ocean and Its Hinterlands, c. 1200 to c. 2000
- 34 Europe’s Other? Academic Discourse on the Pacific as a Cultural Space
- 35 The Phantom Empire
- 36 Blue Continent to Blue Pacific
- Part VIII Approaches, Sources, and Subaltern Histories of the Modern Pacific
- Part IX Culture Contact and the Impact of Pre-colonial European Influences
- Part X The Colonial Era in the Pacific
- Part XI The Pacific Century?
- Part XII Pacific Futures
- References to Volume II
- Index
32 - Climate Change, Rising Seas, and Endangered Island Nations
from Part VII - Rethinking the Pacific
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2022
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Frontispiece
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Preface to Volume II
- Part VII Rethinking the Pacific
- 32 Climate Change, Rising Seas, and Endangered Island Nations
- 33 Authority, Identity, and Place in the Pacific Ocean and Its Hinterlands, c. 1200 to c. 2000
- 34 Europe’s Other? Academic Discourse on the Pacific as a Cultural Space
- 35 The Phantom Empire
- 36 Blue Continent to Blue Pacific
- Part VIII Approaches, Sources, and Subaltern Histories of the Modern Pacific
- Part IX Culture Contact and the Impact of Pre-colonial European Influences
- Part X The Colonial Era in the Pacific
- Part XI The Pacific Century?
- Part XII Pacific Futures
- References to Volume II
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, an Indigenous mother and daughter dynamic duo share their thoughts and fears, as well as their experiences and insights, as people from Micronesian atolls whose lands face destruction due to rising sea levels associated with global warming. Dr Hilda Heine served as President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a position that followed a long list of ‘firsts’, including being the first Indigenous Marshallese to earn a doctorate degree and the first female president of any Micronesian government. Her career began in the classroom, and even as a Head of State she used her vocation and talents to further the world’s knowledge of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and the wider Pacific, particularly highlighting environmental issues that threaten her people’s future.
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- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean , pp. 25 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023