The population is considering a move to Fiji, according to Grist:
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Some of Kiribati’s 32 coral atolls have already started to disappear beneath the waves. President Anote Tong and his countrymen fear that continued sea level rise will wipe their civilization out entirely unless they relocate to Fiji lickety-split. Tong is reportedly in discussions with Fiji’s military government to buy 5,000 acres of land on the country’s second largest island, Vanua Levu.
“This is the last resort, there’s no way out of this one,” Mr Tong said. “Our people will have to move as the tides have reached our homes and villages.”
What adds extra poignancy to this is that Kiribati is a very green country, doing everything right, being swallowed up - quite literally - by the excesses of the rest of us. Read more on Grist:
http://grist.org/lis...as/?fb_ref=fbrw
Oh, and want to see how it happens? The rising sea levels, I mean. Great blog post here: http://www.altenergy...stal-towns-r514