'We're not giving up': Beset by climate change, island nations act as conscience of a warming world

By The Washington Times (World News) | Created at 2026-09-26 16:55:27 | Updated at 2026-09-26 19:41:53 4 hours ago

When Palau President Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr. recently took his children to his nation's Helen Island, two-thirds of it was gone. Rising seas caused by climate change had swallowed generational burial grounds, washing away a people's entire culture and identity.

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