This photo taken on August 30, 2018 shows an abandoned phosphate harbour in Aiwo on the Pacific island of Nauru. Photo by MIKE LEYRAL/AFP via Getty Images
“We will not wait for the waves to wash away our homes and infrastructure,” Nauru’s President David Adeang told the COP29 conference in June.
And now, the 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) nation—the world’s third smallest, after Vatican City and Monaco—has launched an audacious plan that it hopes will ensure its survival: it’s selling citizenships.
