Shock: CO2 refugees are fleeing Kiribati in such large numbers that the population is only growing 6 percent per year

Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future | Reuters

Bwabwa Oten, Kiribati's director of hospital services, says current annual population growth in Kiribati is close to 6 percent, with overcrowding a major contributor to disease and an infant mortality rate among the highest in the region.