Kiribati looks to artificial islands to save nation from rising sea levels - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Kiribati has turned to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help build artificial islands in an effort to save the low-lying Pacific nation from rising sea levels.
Key points:
Kiribati President says artificial islands perhaps the only option for nation’s future
Engineers from the UAE have been enlisted for technical advice
Majority of Kiribati’s 33 coral atolls are less than six metres above sea level
The country’s outgoing President Anote Tong has told the ABC’s Pacific Beat program that despite global commitments on reducing carbon emissions, “the science continues to indicate that we will continue to go under water within the century”.