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In Kiribati, Faith-Based Climate Change Denial Could Prove Costly As Nation Goes Underwater
2016-07-05 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Patheos: Televangelist Jim Bakker Forgave the People Who Put Him in Jail... Even Though He Was Guilty In Kiribati, Faith-Based Climate Change Denial Could Prove Costly As Nation Goes Underwater The New York Times published a story over the weekend about the island nation of Kiribati, a place that may "become uninhabitable within decades because of an onslaught of environmental problems linked to climate change." It`s disturbing in a lot of ways. People have to consider whether to move abroad, if they...
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Kiribati: Remote Pacific nation threatened by rising seas
2016-07-03 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: Scientists point to slew of environmental problems linked to climate change for the perilous state. One clear bright day last winter, a tidal surge swept over an ocean embankment here in the remote, low-lying island country of Kiribati, smashing through the doors and windows of Betio Hospital and spewing sand and debris across its maternity ward. Beero Hosea, 37, a handyman, cut the power and helped carry frightened mothers through the rubble and water to a nearby school. For years, scientists...
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Climate change: Kiribati turns artificial islands to save nation from Atlantis fate
2016-02-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Kiribati is hoping to build artificial islands in a bid of saving the low-lying nation from rising sea levels that look set to turn it into a modern-day Atlantis. President Anote Tong said they are seeking help from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) engineers to work out how they could feasibly create artificial islands to protect the country from future climate change. Kiribati has been on the forefront of climate-change discussions for a number of years. Comprised of 33 atolls and reef islands,...
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Challenges facing Kiribati indicate what climate change could mean at its worst
2016-02-17 06:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dominion Post: Floating islands, builtup land, and refuge in Fiji are among the evacuation options Kiribati's government has considered to combat rising seas. Some of Kiribati's islands may disappear under the sea this century, President Anote Tong told New Zealand dignitaries, scientists and island representatives at the first Pacific Climate Change conference in Wellington this week. Some scientists believe Kiribati's chain of 33 atolls and islands, which stand just metres above sea level, could be uninhabitable...
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Climate change taskforce from NZ to visit Tuvalu, Kiribati
2016-01-11 02:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: A team of MPs from New Zealand's opposition Labour Party will visit Tuvalu and Kiribati next month to see first-hand how the countries are dealing with climate change. Labour's special climate change task force will also look at what can be done to mitigate the problems the small island countries face due to rising seas. The party's Pacific Climate Change spokesperson Su'a William Sio says Labour also wants to review the whole issue of what makes a climate change refugee and what the legal definition...
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