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Anote Tong: My country will be underwater soon

Author: Hugh Bollinger/Monday, November 23, 2015/Categories: video, sustainability, environment, climate change

Some places are feeling the affects of climate change more immediately than others.

The island nation of Kiribati is going underwater as the Pacific island's people watch the sea level rising before their eyes. Kiribati's president Anote Tong spoke at a TED conference and was invited by Pope Francis to meet and discuss climate change and island nations prior to his recent encyclical on the environment.

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Tags: climate change sea level rise Pope Francis Kiribati Anote Tong island nations and environment