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The Paris climate deal may be too little, too late slanders of Kiribati
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: During a high tide, the Pacific island village of Eita is cut into pieces. Trickles merge into pools and lakes that course through the settlement, forming islands or swallowing dwellings whole. The coral seawalls can no longer hold the water back. Garbage and human waste flow into homes. Piglets screech in desperation as they struggle to keep their snouts above the surface. Some residents have built cages for their animals and hung them in the trees. They move their potted plants to higher ground....
VIDEO: Kiribati fishes for tuna wealth
2015-11-24 02:17:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Not everyone has heard of Kiribati, but there's a good chance you could have eaten tuna caught in the waters off the tiny Pacific nation.
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Soy Products Market in Kiribati: Databook to 2017
2014-10-13 02:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
The report presents detailed historic and forecast data on the Soy Products consumption trends in Kiribati, offering consumption volume and value at market and category level. Bringing together Canade
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Planning to sink: What happens when Kiribati drowns?
2014-07-27 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PBS: Venice isnt the only piece of land sinking today. The nation of Kiribati, made up of 33 tiny islands far out in the Pacific Ocean, is getting smaller as rising sea levels continue to swallow the land by an average of 3.7 millimeters a year, according to the National Tidal Centre of Australia. Never in history has a state disappeared because of a physical problem, said Michael Gerrard, Director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School. To deal with the countrys uncertain...
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Kiribati: Lessons from a drowning nation
2014-07-08 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, far even from some of its closest neighbors -- Hawaii and Fiji -- the small island nation of Kiribati is being swallowed by the rising sea. Anote Tong, who has served as president of the country since 2003, has spent the past decade rallying the international community to pay attention to climate change, at the same time as he is making plans to relocate his nation. Tong is the latest interviewee in The Washington Post's "On Leadership" video series, in which...
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