Introduction Anote Tong, the former president of Kiribati, is a global leader in addressing the impacts of climate change. For over two decades, President Tong has been at the forefront of the global fight against climate change, raising international awareness about the plight of vulnerable island nations and championing the cause of climate refugees. In […]
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Introduction Anote Tong, the former president of Kiribati, is a global leader in addressing the impacts of climate change. For over two decades, President Tong has been at the forefront of the global fight against climate change, raising international awareness about the plight of vulnerable island nations and championing the cause of climate refugees. In
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15 November 2021 The Guardian The Kiribati government has announced it will open up one of the world’s largest marine protected areas to commercial fishing, citing economic benefits to its people. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) spans 408,250 sq km (157,626 sq miles) – an area about the size of California – and was
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The uncharted territory of climate solutions DEVEX.com 2019.12.11 MADRID — Anote Tong, former president of the island nation between 2003 and 2016, realized the threat of climate change early on and began to prepare for what was to come, putting his country at the forefront of international climate solutions. “Based on the predictions of the
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Scientists predict that Kiribati, a small island nation in the South Pacific, will submerge by 2050. Kiribati is one of the world’s least greenhouse gas emitters, but it is said to become the first country in the world to disappear into the water. Ban Ki-moon, the 2020 Sunhak Peace Prize laureate who visited Kiribati in
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Anote Tong Former President, Kiribati Key-Notes CEO Summit Atop Salesforce Tower: Urges Climate Action Yahoo! Finance 2019.07.19. On July 18, 2019, CEOs and industry leaders from over 230 corporations gathered atop Salesforce Tower on the Ohana Floor, in solidarity for Climate Resilience and Ocean Conservation Living Museum in San Francisco- a city that declared Climate
Former president of Kiribati tells SF to step up fight as climate change threatens to swallow his island country San Francisco Chronicle 2019.07.17. It was shortly after taking office in 2003 that he realized the peril his country was in, Tong said in an interview with The Chronicle at the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco.
Anote Tong Former President, Kiribati to Key-Note CEO Summit atop Salesforce Tower CISION PR Newswire 2019.07.02. On July 17, 2019, CEOs and industry leaders from over 150 corporations will gather atop Salesforce Tower on the “Ohana” Floor, to focus on the vision for a Climate Resilience and Ocean Conservation Living Museum being proposed in San
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Three islands disappeared in the past year. Is climate change to blame? NBC News 2019.06.09 Anote Tong can remember when Tebunginako, on the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati, was a thriving village. But beginning in the 1970s, the tide started inching closer to the houses in the village. Over the years, as strong winds
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New Plan Gives Pacific People Chance to Stay Home Newsroom 2019.04.25. For Pacific countries like Kiribati, the threat of climate change means an uncertain future for the islands, and the people that occupy them. Initial designs to sustain Kiribati’s population into the future were bold and futuristic. Under Anote Tong’s presidency, Japanese engineering company Shimizu
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