Kiribati: The President's Dilemma

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
  • The Pacific islands of Kiribati were among the last places to be colonized by humans. But now, because of rising sea levels, they may be among the first to be abandoned. Should Kiribati President Anote Tong surrender to climate change and evacuate? Can anything be done to help him buy more time?

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  • @Highway541
    @Highway541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    President... All I can help together with my family is not to add more emissions and trash so at least we can reduce our contribution on climate change.. Its really a heartbreaking reality that your beloved country is being consumed by the big sea.

  • @b0ys0l09
    @b0ys0l09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We worry about the vanishing polar bears and whales etc but forgot our own species.

    • @wolfeloma
      @wolfeloma 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I shouldn't be laughing but he really had a strong point that people don't see

  • @anthonyautaau7622
    @anthonyautaau7622 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there's a danger in attributing almost every single livelihood issue in Kiribati to CC. CC may be contributing but by how much? Living in the atolls has never been easy and with a growing population, land shortage, and ever increasing dependency on a monetised economy, subsistence living is rapidly disappearing and people are increasingly living in hardship. It is heartening to hear at the end of the cllip that no matter what happens, Kiribati will always be there ...that to me sounds more convincing, optimistic and positive than most part of the clip.

  • @turehenifile2405
    @turehenifile2405 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The guy who said 'maybe you'll get a discount' is totally missing the point. The islands are sinking due to the actions of the industrialized nations.

  • @ayaskantaswain467
    @ayaskantaswain467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God save Kiribati.

  • @peterlustig5553
    @peterlustig5553 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Einen lieben Gruß aus Deutschland !!! Ich würde mich freuen wenn innerhalb der UNO endlich mal versucht wird die alten Kulturen zu akzeptieren und ein Weg gefunden wird deren Paradiese zu erhalten . Eine Anfrage an die Bundesregierung in Berlin wäre auch ein erster Schritt !!! Thorsten

    • @clayandputtyvideos1647
      @clayandputtyvideos1647 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was koennten die Politiker in Deutschland machen? Die wissen doch auch nichts ueber Sustainable Living. Offensichtlich nuetzen die alten Kulturen nichts wenn die Leute immer mehr Kinder bekommen! Da muss dann mal ein Umdenken passieren. Mit Religion kommt man dort nicht mehr weiter wie man jetzt Deutlich sehen kann. Die Leute muessen Bildung bekommen dafuer muessen bessere Gesetze aufgestgellt werden. Mangroven muessen gepflanzt werden ueberall an der Kueste. Kompostieren von Biomaterialien muss gelehrt werden in der Schule. Die Kirchen muessen komplett reformiert werden wo keine Religion mehr gelehrt wird sondern wo Umweltschutz gelehrt wird, wie man die Tiere und die Umwelt verantwortungsvoll behandelt, dass man keinen Muell mehr in die Gegend wirft oder ins Meer, dass man seine eigenen Pflanzen anbauen kann und davon leben kann und dass man ganzheitlich veganisch leben kann.

  • @nikeeddie9430
    @nikeeddie9430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bula vinaka my next door n a very close family in Kiribati.i cry b.coz I feel so sad that no one cares about this.lm a pure Fijian n I just so worry about my people there.pliz Fiji,we. Have to except them to move to Fiji coz I want that culture to stay.i don't want them to go anywhere else,I want them to move to the main island to Fiji please.

  • @smilingdog2219
    @smilingdog2219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the idea of saving one island for Kiribati. I am ashamed at the world for doing less at this time. I believe in another strategy and that is to purchase raw land in another country that would grant citizenship. Please continue to ask for help and educate your youth.

  • @jemenade
    @jemenade 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite president and yes, I'm Marshallese.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God bless Kiribati!
    I am deeply touched by this clip.

  • @Warpedsmac
    @Warpedsmac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On Australia's doorstep...as an Australian I now question gAus. Government on the policy for Kiribas refugees of flooding.

  • @wolfeloma
    @wolfeloma 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the idea of floating islands comes a question, will it be the same as a real island? hope to see it in the future.

  • @guaponatisoy
    @guaponatisoy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    beautiful island in the pacific.. but sad to say now it is affected by rising sea levels due to climate change or global warming... small island nation like Kiribati is facing this hard times.. this is an open eye for all people in the world today to really take care of our environment. the earth becomes warmer and warmer typhoons are so intense, very strong, devastating... we should act now. preserve and protect our mother EARTH, to save our planet.

  • @cainlavett1030
    @cainlavett1030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God protect Kiribati

  • @charleyjr.iriarte7428
    @charleyjr.iriarte7428 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great leader!
    I am nothing, but I will encourage such initiative programs that were already been set.
    Bless him!

  • @saeedkuruvanthodi7790
    @saeedkuruvanthodi7790 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The president💙

  • @terit6561
    @terit6561 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    very saaaaad

  • @tripley66
    @tripley66 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for posting. I will do want I can to make others aware of this issue and Kiribati.

  • @สุวัฒน์ต.วรพานิช-จ8ฎ

    May I tell the truth. 10,000 years ago sea level was much lower than it is today, while nobody knows the exact level but we are all sure the world has it's last ice age forty thousand years ago. The sea level begin rising up year by year until Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and most of the Pacific islands separated from main land Eurasia just like today. So I'll tell that many of these shoals will be disappeared within this century inevitably. It's the GOK (God only known) matters.

  • @davidtaylor351
    @davidtaylor351 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The statement..."Tom still wants to develop the Island." Was interesting. Perhaps, that is part of the problem (?) I didn't know they were his Islands to develop. Its one thing to offer assistance and when applicable, knowledge. But in the end. Kiribati is its own country. It has to make its own decisions and take the iniative and responsibility for itself. That is the price of independance! It doesn't mean other countries...Especially those in the region won't help.. But as stated the country belongs to the I-kiribati people! They are the ones who must govern it! If you have your own country and sovereign independance. Who else is supposed to govern!?

  • @Video_collection
    @Video_collection 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    They must plants lots of big trees. Trees prevent floods, landslides.
    Far reaching roots hold soil in place and fight erosion, NULS-Cifor said, adding that trees absorb and store rainwater, which reduce runoff and sediment deposit after storms. ... The trees' roots suck water deep from under the ground to as low as 200 feet.

    • @island_boy7118
      @island_boy7118 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How can the people plant trees if the water has become more and more salty? The islands are only 2.5 to 3 metres above sea level and I think that's not the solution, the islands are sinking little by little therefore affecting its freshwater resources.
      Developed countries should reduce and stop releasing greenhouse gases as soon as possible to buy them time to evacuate as the president's mentioned.

    • @none-jc3xr
      @none-jc3xr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@island_boy7118 Desalination system might hel;p

  • @yeetingt
    @yeetingt 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can someone explain the proper way of building seawalls? This is a dangerous way of building seawalls. It creates the damaging force of the incoming waves underneath the bottom of the built stones or walls and therefore sucking sand from underneath. Maybe I need to come back home and conduct workshops to the community. I just don't have finance.

  • @joejosephk.grogan1471
    @joejosephk.grogan1471 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    #pivotal #poignant #theclockisticking

  • @clayandputtyvideos1647
    @clayandputtyvideos1647 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the safety of Kiribati please do not have more babies. The people need to be educated on the dangers of overpopulation which they are experiencing themselves right now.

    • @aphoriste5067
      @aphoriste5067 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How does overpopulation relate to a rising sea level in any way

    • @nickidaisydandelion4044
      @nickidaisydandelion4044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aphoriste5067 Overpopulation causes more CO2 and methane gas pollution which in turn causes drastic world climate changes and sea level rising.

    • @aphoriste5067
      @aphoriste5067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nickidaisydandelion4044 A rising population doesn’t have to mean a rise of emissions has, there are alternatives being explored; and it certainly isn’t these people’s faults

    • @aphoriste5067
      @aphoriste5067 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nickidaisydandelion4044 A rising population doesn’t have to mean a rise of emissions has, there are alternatives being explored; and it certainly isn’t these people’s faults

    • @nickidaisydandelion4044
      @nickidaisydandelion4044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aphoriste5067 I never said it was those Native's faults. If all humans drove electric cars and grew their own food plants and didn't eat animal food then yes we could balance out the eco system and atmosphere even with more humans but even then at some point there comes a limit to population growth.