15 JULY 2014
What would you do if there was a strong possibility your entire country might disappear in a matter of decades? If you’re the island nation of Kiribati, you invest in a backup plan. In this case, Kiribati bought 7.7 square miles of land in neighboring Fiji.
Earlier this year, the government of Kiribati bought a heavily forested area on the island of Vanua Levu from the Church of England for $8.77 million.The land will hopefully be enough to fit the republic's 100,000 people after global sea level rise drowns Kiribati's 33 small islands.
Source: The Smithsonian