On the frontline of the climate crisis: Atoll nations and coastal communities with catastrophic threats to their homes and livelihoods also face serious legal implications VICTOR MOSOTIVALERIE HICKEY|FEBRUARY 01, 2024 © 2024 The World Bank Group

On the frontline of the climate crisis: Atoll nations and coastal communities with catastrophic threats to their homes and livelihoods also face serious legal implications VICTOR MOSOTIVALERIE HICKEY|FEBRUARY 01, 2024 The Republic of the Marshall Islands is one of the world’s atoll nations particularly vulnerable to sea level rise, alongside Kiribati, Tuvalu, and The Maldives. While atoll islands are on the frontline, sea level rise impacts, such as increases in storm severity, decline in coastal ecosystem services and fishery resources, groundwater salinization, and heat waves, are a major threat to the survival of all low-lying coastal areas and cities, including Small Island Developing States (SIDS). https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/frontline-climate-crisis-atoll-nations-and-coastal-communities-catastrophic-threats © 2024 The World Bank Group