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December 03, 2012

'Time running out' for Kiribati as seas rise: president
Wellington (AFP) Nov 30, 2012
The low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati is running out of time on climate change as seas rise, and is drafting plans including mass relocation of its people while the world procrastinates on the issue, the country's leader says. President Anote Tong said areas of Kiribati - consisting of more than 30 coral atolls, most only a few metres (feet) above sea level - had already been swamped by the rising ocean. "We've had communities that have had to relocate because their previous village is subm ... read more

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