President Anote Tong of Kiribati in the Arctic

1st mate onboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza goes through a safety round with President Anote Tong of the Pacific Island nation Kiribati and his staff. The President is sailing to the Arctic to learn more about the connection between the melting Arctic glaciers and the sea level rise drowning his country. Sea levels are rising faster in the Central-West Pacific than nearly anywhere else in the world, forcing nations like Kiribati to prepare to be wiped off the map.
President Tong will leave Svalbard to attend the UN Climate Meeting in New York September 23rd.

Unique identifier: GP0STOMKI

Type: Image

Shoot date: 17/09/2014

Locations: Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Norway, Svalbard

Credit line: © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Tour

Greenpeace tours the Arctic Ocean with its ship MY Esperanza. During the tour Yeb Saño, Filipino Climate Change Commissioner, joins the ship. As the Arctic sea ice is about to reach its lowest extent of the year, commissioner Saño is at the ice edge with Greenpeace to demand that world leaders take action on climate change at the upcoming summit in New York. President Anote Tong of the Pacific Island nation Kiribati also sails with Greenpeace to the Arctic to learn more about the connection between the melting Arctic glaciers and the sea level rise drowning his country.

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