Country for sale – are you interested?! Part 1

I would have never imagined such a topic up for discussion. Then I heard a colleague mention that an island nation has set aside a portion of their budget to buy a new homeland when climate change will sink its islands into the ocean. For a moment I couldn’t believe such a thing. Afterwards, the shock gave way to dismay. Can you buy a country, a nation at that, as if you would be buying new furniture, or some books?

The island nation is like the fingerprint of God, a place of extreme natural beauty, however, it seems, its appeal has had tourists coming in droves and this has been its downfall. My question is, if we leave this island nation aside, what about the Bay of Bengal? What about the Nile Delta? What about all the other oceans and seas and islands? What about all other God’s creations: birds, animals, trees, flowers?

In my view, putting up a “for sale” sign or creating a listing on a shopping website isn’t the answer. We need to fight the causes of climate change with everything in our power. Let us not destroy the planet and sell not only countries, but the future of our children.