Kiribati - A Climate Change Reality
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- čas přidán 8. 12. 2009
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Boobu Tioram, a resident of the Pacific island of Kirabati, took time out from reinforcing a seawall in front of his newly built house to speak with UNDP about what climate change has meant to his way of life.
I have moved three times, every three years I have moved, he said, standing on the beach a few metres from his home. Tioram gestured toward a point about 20 metres into the sea, and explained that his first house once stood on a spot now covered in swelling ocean waves. Each time he has moved farther inland, and each time the sea has followed.
Im not sure how long Ill be [in this house], Tioram continued. That depends on how strong my seawall here can withstand high tide waves.
UNDP believes that it is the developing world that stands to lose the most, and which is already losing out, as the effects of climate change edge toward the catastrophic. As climate negotiations open in Copenhagen, worlds away from this tiny Pacific nation consisting of 33 low lying atolls, it is important to keep in mind that for the people of Kirabati, and other poor island and coastal nations, funds for adaptation and not only prevention must top the international to-do list.
Carbon trading will be of no special consequence to us, so there has got to be some very special provisions for the victims, said Kirabati President Anote Tong. Not the potential victims, but the victims, because we are the victims, so there has to be some very deep soul searching.
Kirabati is no more than four metres high at its highest point, and 100 percent of the population lives within one kilometre of the coast, making this nation one of the most vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Its future is uncertain, including the question of whether it even has a future anymore.
The scientific research shows that by 2100 its almost certain that well have more than a metre of sea level rise, said Karen Bernard, a UNDP programme specialist in natural disaster reduction and transition. On a flat island like Kirabati that mount of sea level rise comes very far inland.
Its a very serious situation, Bernard continued. For that reason, the Government is looking for options for relocating the population.
The link to this video was handed to me and my classmates as homework during quarantine. Like so they can see the comment.
Same
Haha same
@@erinbusby8032 yo Erin what up
@@aidenduffy6300 not much, quarantine sucks😑
Same haha
it's such a beautiful place, i can't imagine living there for years and years and have to leave.
So understandable but you know we all going to have to die. And some point in our life we came here with nothing and we going to leave with nothing that's just part of life read your Bible accept Jesus Christ God gave His only begotten son for our sins amen
12 years later and they're still there. Can you say hoax anyone? It's called erosion not climate change dummies
tell this the millions of people travelling to Maldives, Seychelles, Bahamas etc. every year.
But expect answers such as: "We can only fight CC in a systematic way that is directed by the governments."
"to migrate with dignity" such great words from Kiribati's president. Let's all help each other.
2:04
TTTT man, great channel, together to the toppppp !!!
When the time to leave comes, I hope that we in Australia are in a position to help. :)
Goz in Perth.
this comment was 9 years ago :(
this comment is 10 years old 😳
Just don't send them off to Manus.
12 years later it still hasn't sunk quit lying
@@biancaa9798 that just proves it was a hoax they still haven't sunk yet
David Katoatau thank you for bringing much needed attention to this problem.
സൂപ്പർ അടിപൊളി good place.
I'm from india kerala. Abu Zain
i went to kiribati in 7th grade which was 3 years ago.my parents and I took a cruise down there which first went to hawaii.most amazing place on the planet
Who else here for school 😂 IM ON 69 LIKES NO ONE LIKE THIS ANYMORE
Me ahah
lol
me im a italian students
hahahah
@@NFT.Condor lmao
Me hahahaah
i used to live there 7 years ago when i was 9 but now im in New Zealand, maybe more people will do the same like me but it will be sad leaving, and im still kinda sad
Thankfully the island is still there 12 years later. A lot of good all that fear-mongering and climate change hoax garbage did
I am sorry this happen to your home island and good luck with the relocation effort.
I from there and half my family members live there.HOW SAD IS THAT.But I've been living in New Zealand for SIX YEARS.
I can only imagine how much work that man must have went through to muilt that seawall around his home.
alors comment aler vous 12 ans après😅
@@t.s.s.6385 I'm doing good nowadays, thank you for asking! Definitely better than I was 12 years ago.😂
@@MilesHadley perfect then🤣
God please save the small island countries in Pacific Ocean...👍👍👍
He's not gonna help :)
These islands are sinking. It is not anything to do with global warming. Pathetic ignorance!
SOMEONE please answer this!
If the sea level has risen by 1 metre there, doesn't that mean it should rise by 1 metre everywhere else?
Also, I heard about something called a "subduction zone" and that Kiribati and another tiny pacific island called Tuvalu were in the zone. Can anyone explain what this means?
Thanks in advance.
edenthedjguy
You are welcome in Brazil. So sorry about that 😭
Thanks
10 years ago...
How is it now....
@@Muthruchi The same. Literally nothing changed.
@@datechds9434 something changed. They convinced the sheep to pay carbon tax & buy flammable electric cars! They banked on the fear of climate boogeyman.
Our planet is changing....
Elena Tee you 😯😯😯
jha ayaye
14 year after this video it is still here.
what kind of music? thanks
whether climate change or no climate change.. THis is my next Holiday destination ... Lovely people, lovely place
How stupid is your comment ...These people are struggling and what are you going to do? Fly there burning some more fossil fuel and waving your 1st world dollars at them? All for the sake of having a great holiday? Enjoy these islands while there still there?
Yeah burn some fuel get a new car travel by plane eat food with great packaging buy a lot of stuff. That's the way to respond the global disasters....
hey, that karen is my mom
same thing is happening on guam, although we are bigger it is still present. i remember a beach a couple hundred yards from my grandparents house was a smooth beach, now its a little cliff slowly eroding.
I come from that place and the place where i used to sluff my classes during primary is now covered with the body of seawater it is sad to see this because in the future my children will not have any place to sluff their classes.
So Sad!! and Unfair to them. Lets all do some thing about it
we cant do shit about this, sorry. Even if had stopped pollution 10 years ago, it would have still rose up
Go for it you big dummy. Throw some of your money at the "problem".
Let's just ask for some space donation from Russia, they got a lot to give
Do you have an idea on an affordable way to control the tectonic plates to stop the island from sinking?
I have been around nearly 60 years and the sea level has not risen where i live in new Zealand. mind you and its made of rock, not coral. You dont suppose their place is actually sinking????
Nature's cycle. Not global warming. The politicization of environmental issues is simply unacceptable.
As A New Zealander Living By A Beach, I'm Afraid Not, The Sea Is Rising And I've Watched The Weather And Average Temperature Of Where I Live Rise, It's Been Years Since I Last Saw A Frost Like We Used To Get.
@@dracoqueen1263 its been 90f 23c for the last few weeks in Florida. We've had like no winter this year.
Great video!
y this ALWAYS at the top of youtube?
@Mikkins
What other sunken cities and ancient ports are you talking about that happened naturally?
que hermosa naturalesa...... wwwuuuo. beautiful
what song did they use for this video? its really relaxing
i lived in kiribati from 2001-2002. i would be very interested to see how much it has changed since. would love to go there again.
🙁
what is she saying at 5:23?
@FreeiHerbCoupon
Exactly?? You've taken photographs and measured with surveying equipment?
Going to the beach every now and again is very different to living on its doorstep. I've seen the beach here narrow quite severely (Melbourne bayside)
Try glacial isostatic adjustment, or even volcanic / tectonics, either could acount for the islands actually sinking, in some part's of the world seas are receding, which would mean the ground is heaving upwards, so in other's it's sinking a lot depending on where you live
@sidviciousthefish you think so? cuz ive had that book on the shelf for a few months now but havent gotten to it yet.
My heart goes out to your Kiribati
10 years have passed now , not sure how much more his home would have eroded.
I wish there was something I could do to help
Agreed.
Weather patterns are altered by climate change, which is actually a symptom of cycles of global weather patterns measured by the decades.
However, urbanization of the developed world is affecting the climate of the whole world i.e. absorbing more heat during summer, depleting water supplies, pollution etc.
Tres Importante,,
It's been 10 years ago, what happened now? Anyone watching during October 2020?
nice
qual o posicionamento de vocês?
Its a Gud video presenting of nature effect, obviously human can nothing doing in front of nature but he can try to safe........
🇧🇷🇧🇷estou em 2021 ela está do mesmo jeito. Não perdeu nenhuma ilha
Paul Kench at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and Arthur Webb at the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission in Fiji released a study in 2010 on the dynamic response of reef islands to sea level rise in the central Pacific. Kiribati was mentioned in the study, and Webb and Kench found that the three major urbanised islands in Kiribati - Betio, Bairiki and Nanikai - increased by 30 per cent (36 hectares), 16.3 per cent (5.8 hectares) and 12.5 per cent (0.8 hectares), respectively.
excellent. :)
Its just getting colder here in Sweden :P was the coldest winter in 20 years, last X-mas and now it shud be a even colder winter :)
@tomson600 why dutch?
@SirGecko01 You have a very pure view of the reality we live in. That's all I can say. One day you will grow up and realize, that there is more to "mother nature" then cleansing and purifying.
Hey does anybody know if all of Kiribati is a part of micronesia? thx in advance
how is it now?
@martinkline nice one. :)
mi e piacuto molto mare cosi trasparente ,,pulito,,,e con quelle nuovole nere molto bello,
why would anyone dislike this video...
Very good point.
Thankyou for sharing this with us, Climate Change is a reality and the People of Kirabati are vulnerable and I believe we all should give support and help them in any way, but many others are also going to be in the same situation, Your awareness of Climate change and how we can change our destructive ways is very important.
great
i saw this like a year ago its still awesome
is it still
@PappaKnowsBest To be fair New Zealand is a subduction zone in the pacific too, however being further from the equator, we can still live in our house near the beach that was built a hundred years ago.
@CelticSponge If we stop using paper we'll stop planting trees? How does that even make sense?
from India my god bless all
@jedikingz thats the very place, in fact, Tarawa is the main atoll of Kiribati where the main town is located
this video has been on "browse for over 6 moths now. why?
Subduction only occurs at the boundaries of tectonic plates, this is not near one of those.
what do people mean when they give thumb up ?
THIS IS THE RESULT OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
cool
@terracethornhill
If their observasions are correct, then what else is causing Kiribati to go under sea-level?
Erosion all by itself doesn't seem possible, but i'm no scientist to say for sure.
Good of you to put this up. The name of the country is Kiribati (the local pronunciation of "Gilbert", as it was called Gilbert Islands before their independance.
i feel bad for those people. they seem to live nicely there, wish we were more together to save the planet - sweden
tudo que se faz a natureza volta!
Would it be too hard to re-home this tiny population into a similar environment such as Norfolk Island.. or Pitcairn Island.... or...?
its so beautiful there
The characteristics of Erosion on a coatal landscape are very different from characteristics of rising seawater levels.
interested enough though, i dunno if kiribati is a archipelago though
"Go to your address bar, after the word YOU and before the word TUBE, type in "win" then press enter"
@chefawkes Maybe, oil companies who want to make oil more expensive. And the greenhouse gases we are emitting are gases that where in the atmosphere before.
move?
When land goes down it looks like the sea level has risen. Land goes up and down all over the globe.
I never knew about Kiribati before. its right in the middle of nowhere :P
Water levels itself . why is it not rising in other places? Or is the sand being washed away?
@DoraTheDino My mistake; I misread "geography" as "geology".
At any rate, you seem to lack a basic understanding of how plate techtonics works.
i would like to see a documentary about tsunamis when living there
sure they move all the time, how long does a grass house last? the big question is how much do you want
bonito,bom.!!!!!
Que hermoso paisaje que agua tan cristalina! A que pais pertenece la isla? y Cual es la isla?
moving all the stones from the beach will allow the beach to erode,(sand moving away) The stones should be placed in such a way that it helps to capture and retain sand.
@McQuaidm yeah he seems levelheaded
beautiful place
Although the influence of climate on human activities has declined with the growth in wealth and resources, climate still has a significant effect on disease and health. A cold wet climate confines people to close quarters, abetting contagion. In the past, a shift towards a poorer climate has led to hunger and famine, making disease more virulent. Before the industrial revolution and improved technology, a series of bad years could be devastating.
THATS A BEAUTIFUL SEA WALL!!
@Conan568 - Calgary's elevation is approximately 1048 m (3438 ft) above sea level downtown, so a six foot rise in ocean levels would not impact there directly,but indirectly it sure would. What about the coastal areas that are close to sea level? What about Vancouver? What about Louisiana ? What about the Lowlands?(Belgium,Luxemburg,Netherlands) ,South Carolina, the St Lawrence Lowlands? All are in peril with a rising sea level!!!!!
Wow, to lose touch with your homeland is a real bummer,....my heart goes out to the people of Kiribati.
Miedo Ambiente. ¿No estara bajando el suelo marino, cosa que sucede, y su inversa, muy a menudo?. Y en al Atlantico y Pacifico, continuamente.
What happen to this place now
this president knows better english than Sarkozy
@DoraTheDino If you look at a map, Kiribati is near the subduction fault line between the Pacific and Australian plates. I will freely admit that geography is not my specialty, but I have enough training in it to know that is at least plausible. If that is your field, please do explain because I want to know.
Besides, this "documentary" is proposing that this is caused by sea-level rise, but the amount of rise in living memory is on the order of centimetres, not metres.
@PappaKnowsBest I wasn't speaking to the issue of Climate change at all, just an observation that this particular issue may be due to subduction rather than rizing water levels.
If this was in 2009 how is it now in 2020