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12 Feb 2013 Sydney Morning Herald
On an average day in Kiribati we can look out across our calm and peaceful lagoons and see people fishing and going about their daily business and everything is at it has been for many generations.
But this is deceptive. We now know that we are being subjected to a gradual, creeping and insidious process: climate change. This directly threatens the future of our homeland - our people will be scattered, and the survival of our unique culture,…
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ABC RADIO NEWS Updated September 07, 2011 14:10:00
The small Pacific island nation of Kiribati has indicated it's considering building what it describes as 'floating islands' to deal with rising sea levels. The country's president has discussed the idea at the Pacific Islands Forum in New Zealand, where regional leaders are looking at ways to deal with climate change.
(Simon Cullen)
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Pacific Beat RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated July 27, 2011 16:59:01
Nauru's President says a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York has taken a step towards recognising climate change as a global security threat. Marcus Stephen says they didn't go as far as Nauru and other small island states would have liked. There had been talk of setting up a United Nations force which could intervene in conflicts caused by climate change, which would be called "Green Helmets", but that idea…
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RADIO AUSTRALIA - PACIFIC BEAT Updated June 20, 2011 08:05:25
In an unprecedented move, a group of Australia's top scientists has united in a new campaign to defend their credibility.
Today more than 2 hundred will converge on Canberra to call on politicians to help stop the misinformation in the climate debate.
Their concern is that the hysteria has escalated and is spilling over into…
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PACIFIC BEAT - RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated March 8, 2011 17:51:58
The President of Kiribati says an increasing number of the country's citizens are asking to be relocated because of rising sea waters.
Anote Tong, says Kiribati is in urgent need of funding to manage rising sea levels - and to move whole village communities.
Mr Tong has also raised concerns that some of the nation's young…
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By Chris Cermak Dec 10, 2010, 16:36 GMT
Cancun, Mexico - Citizens of Kiribati have a simple but expensive demand for a sea wall to keep their small island from vanishing into the Pacific Ocean as global warming causes a rise in sea levels round the globe.
Anote Tong, the island's president, said he always gives them the same answer: 'We don't have the resources.' Protection from rising sea levels could run in the hundreds of millions of…
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Dear Fellow Banabans,
Greetings to you all, yes I guess things are moving at a very fast pace that I need to update all of you in regard our meeting with the Kiribati Government.
From the onset, RCL in 2009 clearly defined its April Meeting a resolution to rehabilitate Ocean Island. The resolution passed seeks the majority mandate of the Banaban people from all of the four…
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PACIFIC BEAT - ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated October 6, 2010 10:44:46
Tuvalu's new prime minister, Maatia Toafa, faces a number of distinct challenges - ruling a country that has become the face of climate change, but also keeping on the right foot with the 11,000 people he shares just 26 square kilometres with.
His new government has also had a very busy initiation with his election, that of the speaker, and the celebration of 32 years of independence on October 1st - all within…
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Adapting to the adverse effects of current and future changes in climate is a reality that a five year regional project will help Pacific communities put into action. The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project (PACC) will bring a total of US$13.125 million dollars into 13 Pacific Island countries. This funding will help start adaptation projects on the ground in three major climate…
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Monday, 19 April 2010 12:07 SOLOMON STAR
IMAGINE being forced out of your island due to rising sea level as a result of global warming and climate change.
Its not an easy decision to make, but rather a new a phenomenon that will soon emerge facing vulnerable pacific Island nations.
The challenge from climate change will soon impact on islanders and their livelihood, including their vital natural resources: underground water, food crops, and even infrastructure, are at risk…
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