Kiribati Residents Stop Requesting Aid To Build Outer Island Seawalls - They Don't Work Anymore

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Tue Mar-08-11 01:22 PM
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Kiribati Residents Stop Requesting Aid To Build Outer Island Seawalls - They Don't Work Anymore

The President of Kiribati says an increasing number of coastal villagers are asking to be relocated because of rising sea waters. Anote Tong says Kiribati is in urgent need of funding to build sea walls to prevent sea water destroying villages and crops.

President Tong has recently come back from a tour of Kiribati's outer islands. He says the situation is dire. "Previously used to ask us to build sea walls so they can stay on in the village," he said. "But this time around they said no, we are not asking you to build sea walls, we realise we have to relocate, can you as a government assist us with relocating."

President Tong attended a climate conference in Vanuatu last week, where the European Union unveiled more than $US120 million in funding for climate projects.

But he says none of it though, was earmarked to help those people on Kiribati's outer islands

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phantom power

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Tue Mar-08-11 03:32 PM
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1. bargaining --> depression --> acceptance

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Dead_Parrot

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Tue Mar-08-11 04:07 PM
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2. --> drowning

Pessimist? me?

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Kennah

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Tue Mar-08-11 07:34 PM
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3. It's not pessism. It's realism.

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