{"id":27073,"date":"2008-06-06T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:37:00","slug":"2073-south-pacific-isles-seek-evacuation-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2073-south-pacific-isles-seek-evacuation-help\/","title":{"rendered":"South Pacific isles seek evacuation help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking in New Zealand, Anote Tong said water supplies were being contaminated and crops destroyed by encroaching salt water. And with its highest land barely 2 metres above sea level, Kiribati has limited scope to adapt.   <\/p>\n<p>Now, the Independent reported Tong as saying, his countrymen have no option but to leave. &quot;We may be beyond redemption,&quot; he said. &quot;We may be at the point of no return, where the emissions in the atmosphere will carry on contributing to climate change, to produce a sea level change so in time our small, low-lying islands will be submerged.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>See <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/australasia\/paradise-lost-climate-change-forces-south-sea-islanders-to-seek-sanctuary-abroad-841409.html&amp;cid=1219320101&amp;sig2=Dop_7ZJ0s1zQITp0a5y_xQ&amp;usg=AFrqEzdBWmkqjdSHCcmgVxMTye388xeYDg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Kiribati, a tiny South Pacific nation, used World Environment Day on Thursday to ask for international help to evacuate his 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