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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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