While still under attack by Israeli forces tens of thousands of people flee Lebanon for their lives. Picture, taken by Daily Aqua, 2006-07-17, shows burning oil refineries near the coast.
The Small Island Developing States are not the only ones that would face extinction — no state would be immune from the hazards of climate change.
....The developed world would not be immune, from Tokyo Bay, the coastal wetlands of the USA to extensive areas of the Netherlands.
Fathulla Jameel, Foreign Minister of Maldives, Keynote Address, Symposium on Sustainable Energy Options for Small Island States, 1998-10-03