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The people of Kiribati, a remote Pacific island nation, are among the first people in the world to be displaced by climate change and sea level rise.
The Republic of Kiribati's main threat is the sea level rise. With an altitude of only three meters high, the water rises at a rate of 1.2 centimeters a year , four times faster than the global average, which makes Kiribati the most likely country to disappear due to rising sea levels in the forthcoming years.
The president of Kiribati purchased eight square miles of land about 1,200 miles away on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second-largest island from The Church of England as a relocation plan. Barring imminent relocation, it will be used primarily for agriculture and aquatic farming to ensure Kiribati’s food security.
Territory composition: 33 coral atolls and one island in the Pacific Ocean
Capital: South Tarawa
Population: 102,351 inhabitants in 2013
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sources: https://www.activesustainability.com/climate-change/countries-risk-disappearing-climate-change/#2https://thinkprogress.org/one-small-pacific-island-nation-just-bought-part-of-another-island-to-escape-climate-change-ec2c49db641c/Google Sites
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