How climate change threatens the economic backbone of the Pacific
Tuna populations around the Pacific Islands could move away as ocean temperatures increase.
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"This income is a 'critical financial lifeline'."
— Riibeta Abeta , Executive
"Next time you go into the supermarket and you look at the cans of tuna, five-and-a half cans out of 10 stacked up are coming from the Western Central Pacific Ocean [including Kiribati]."
— Simon Diffey , Academic
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Tuna populations around the Pacific Islands could move away as ocean temperatures increase.
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