Kiribati
Anote Tong: Migration is the “brutal reality” of climate change
Migration with dignity must be part of a climate change adaptation strategy, rather than relocation of people as climate refugees
Kiribati president: Climate-induced migration is 5 years away
NEWS: Low-lying atoll nation has bought land in Fiji to relocate its 100,000 population as global warming impacts accelerate
Sun sets on $35,000 appeal to film vanishing Pacific island
NEWS: ‘Anote’s Ark’, a feature film about vulnerable Kiribati and its inspired president, has a week to meet its crowdfunding target
Kiribati president calls for moratorium on coal mines
NEWS: Anote Tong urges aggressive push to stop carbon emissions from coal use and save his low-lying islands from rising seas
UN climate deal will come too late for Kiribati, says leader
NEWS: Anote Tong says plans for migration advanced with rising sea levels already causing havoc in his country
Kiribati president: My people are the polar bears of the Pacific
NEWS: President Anote Tong calls for world leaders to pay attention to sinking island at today’s historic climate summit in New York
Kiribati president: It is “too late” to save my islands
NEWS: President Tong says islands will be “annihilated” regardless of action from US and China
Should immigration laws cater for climate refugees?
COMMENT: New Zealand’s rejection of Kiribati man shows current system doesn’t work for those fleeing climate change impacts
Krakow residents banned from burning coal
Wednesday’s top five: fossil fuels banned, EU car emissions limited, Solomon Islands face economic crisis, Kiribati resident refused climate refugee status
Small island states secure climate talks funding
European Union agrees to cover some costs of Alliance of Small Island States at UNFCCC negotiations
‘Warrior Day of Action’ highlights Pacific climate fight
Pacific Islanders will stage a day of songs and dances across 15 nations on Saturday 2 March to highlight the impact of rising sea levels
East Timor could become home to Kiribati’s climate refugees
President Tong of Kiribati says the government are in negotiations with other countries in the event of a sea level rise
New research finds some corals could survive climate change
El Nino warming cycle survivors give new clues and improve prospects for some coral environments.
Kiribati president rejects climate change evacuation stories
Tong says new land on Fiji will be used for economic development and relocation remains an absolute last resort.
Kiribati Cabinet approves plan to buy land in Fiji for climate refugees
Kiribati’s president has called the move a possibility but a last resort, as the country’s cabinet approves the purchase of land on Fiji’s Viti Levu Island to home future climate refugees.