“Whatever is agreed within the United States today, with China, it will not have a bearing on our future, because already, it's too late for us.”
Spoken during a 2014 CNN interview, reflecting Tong's view that global climate negotiations, however important, could no longer reverse the sea-level rise already threatening Kiribati.
— Anote Tong, Kiribati
Source: Anote Tong, interview on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, 8 June 2014
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