Kiribati

• What is Kiribati’s average height above sea level?

  2 metres
• How much of Kiribati would be lost should the 2019 projection of a 1.1m rise be true?

  2/3rds
• What issues has Kiribati faced due to human caused climate change?

  flooding, contamination of water sources and food scarcity
• In 1999 how many islands did Kiribati loose?

  2
• What will happen to the coral reefs surrounding the area due to warming temperatures?

  Coral bleaching which a major loss of diversity
• What percentage of greenhouse gas emissions are they responsable for?

  0.6%- not much
• Loss of outer islands has caused an increase in what?

  Storm surges
• What products represent most of kiribati‘s GDP?

  Copra (dried shell of coconut) and fish. The lowest GDP of any sovereign state in Oceania
• Options such as a floating platform have been out ruled due to the cost, how much was it project to be?

  $2 billion - 10 time Kiribati’s GDP
• What project have given Kiribati funding?

  The European Union Funded initiative: The Pacific small island state project
• What was the objective of the Pacific small islands state project?

  To support the Kiribati government in their efforts to tackle the adverse effects of climate change in the public health sector
• What have been the effects of the pacific small islands project?

  improved health and environment, reduced household expenditure, public utility board and communities were better informed about water quality
• Where did Kiribati buy land and for what purpose?

  Fiji, to grow crops and possibly to serve as somewhere to evacuate the country’s entire population
• How many people a year emigrate to New Zealand?

  75
• What has the world bank argued?

  that Australia and New Zealand should allow open migration of people displaced by climate change
• Kiribatis president Proposed plans to raise islands with the help of what country and how ?

  china and partly by dredging