Small is beautiful - but it can also be fragile

The very existence of countries like Kiribati, the Maldives and the Marshall Islands could be threatened by rising sea levels and more extreme storm surges resulting from global warming.

Yet these and other small developing states are the least responsible for climate change.  Small developing states together account for less than one percent of global emissions, and produce an average of 3.3 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per capita compared to the world average of 4.6 tonnes.