The nationality of Nauro, an island nation in southwestern Pacific Ocean can be yours for $ 105,000

The tiny island launched an “Gold Passport” initiative to find resources to finance climate actions.

In particular, the island nation is in danger of rising sea levels, thunderstorms and coastal erosion due to climate change.

The Nauro government believes that with the proceeds from passport sales, it will raise 90% of the money required to transfer 12,500 to higher points and the creation of new villages.

“While people are discussing climate action, we must take precautionary measures to ensure the future of our nation“, The president of the Church David Adang told CNN.

Passports will cost at least $ 105,000, but they will not be available to people with a criminal record.

However, it is worth noting that anyone who has a Nauro passport has visa without visa to 89 countries, Including the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

Few of those who buy the gold passport will visit the remote Nauro. However, citizenship allows the holders of this division to live a “world life,” Kirstin Surak, Associate Professor of Political Sociology at London School of Economics, told CNN. “This can be especially useful for those who have more restrictive passports,” he added.

The story of the Nauro

For Nauru, this program is presented as an opportunity to secure the future of the island, which has a difficult and dark history.

Nauru were mined for phosphate since the early 1900s. For almost a century, the landscape was destroyed by miners, leaving a nearly barren landscape of tooth rocks in the center of the island.

The mining left about 80% of the island uninhabited, which means that most people are now living along the coast, exposed to the rise in sea level, which is growing at a faster rate of global average.

As soon as the phosphate was over, Nauru sought new sources of revenue. Since the early 2000s, it has served as an offshore detention space for refugees and immigrants trying to settle in Australia.

Now, the island is at the heart of a controversial sea mining plan for green transition materials.

The example of other countries

Nauru is not the first country to seek to finance the climate action by selling passports. The Domiic Republic, which has been selling citizenship since 1993, recently announced that it has been using some revenue to fund the “commitment to be the first country in the world resistant to climate by 2030”.