Climate Change in the Marshall Islands and Kiribati, Before and After- Interactive

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Old pier, Kanton island. Kanton is the largest, northernmost island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati. Photo source: ©© Naomi

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In the low-lying Pacific atolls of the Marshall Islands and Kiribati rising sea levels have made every high tide a dangerous event.

In December 2014, photographer Rémi Chauvin recreated a set of historical images depicting the first impacts of climate change in these countries where no one lives more than a few metres above the sea…

View Images and Read Full Article, Guardian UK

Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati, Slideshow And Video (06-14-2013)
Reuters photographer David Gray spent time documenting life in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati, a chain of 33 atolls and islands that stand just metres above sea level, spread over a huge expanse of otherwise empty ocean…

Voices From the South Pacific, Video (11-19-2010)
UNDP produced a film about the reality of climate change in the Pacific island of Kiribati. The film clearly shows how people’s lives are being affected right now by rising sea waters…

In Paradise, and Closer Than Ever to Disaster, The New York Times (Uploaded 04-02-2012)

Kiribati enters the end game against climate change – in pictures, Guardian UK (04-16-2013)

“We Are Fighting For Survival,” Pacific Islands Leader Warns, Guardian UK (Uploaded 08-31-2013)
Pacific islanders will challenge world leaders this week to act on climate change, warning that their low-lying atolls are close to becoming uninhabitable because of rising seas and increasingly severe floods, droughts and storm surges…

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