From Small Islands to Antalya: COP31 Must Move Climate Promises from Paper to People

From Small Islands to Antalya: COP31 Must Move Climate Promises from Paper to People

VICTORIA, Seychelles, October 21 (IPS) - When you grow up on a small island, the ocean is not scenery. It is your neighbour, your livelihood, and the measure of time itself. For decades, as I walked the beaches of Seychelles, I watched the subtle shifts that scientists were warning the world about. The tide crept a little higher up the sand each year. After a warm season, vibrant coral gardens turned ghost-white. Storms that once belonged to rare memory began arriving with unsettling regularity.

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