PANAMA CITY - Rising sea levels due to climate change have forced an Indigenous Guna community to leave their homes on an island off Panama's coast that is fast disappearing.
Panama, which bridges Central and South America, counts 386,000 people - nearly one in 10 - who live less than 10 meters above sea level, according to a recent U.N. report. Over 4% live less than five meters above the waves. Panama absorbs more carbon than it emits due to its vast forest, according to the U.N.-initiated Climate and Clean Air Coalition."Just like the Amazon, we have a green lung here in the Darien jungle, but what are developed countries doing to shift production from dirty to clean energy?" Cortizo said."They have to do their job."
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