Kiribati Islanders Seek Land to Buy as Rising Seas Threaten
08.02.2009
Kiribati, a Pacific island-nation in danger of being submerged because of global warming, may purchase land elsewhere to relocate its people, President Anote Tong said.
“We would consider buying land,” Tong said in an interview in New Delhi. “The alternative is that we die, we go extinct.”
Kiribati (1) -- Analyses -- 2009
About Rising Seas
08.02.2009
Warmer temperatures are melting icecaps, expanding the volume of oceans and causing more intense storm systems. Higher tides in Kiribati’s 33-island archipelago are making potable water for its 100,000 residents too salty to drink.
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