Inside the Marshall Islands’ life-or-death plan to survive climate change The Pacific island nation is seeking $35 billion to protect against sea-level rise and prevent a mass exodus.

The Marshall Islands is not a member of FIFA, has never had a national football team, and does not even operate a domestic league. Now though, a group of enthusiasts are racing to change that.

Now the Marshall Islands is enjoying playing its stronger hand. In its most recent negotiations, “we were much more wary, we were less naive, we put our foot down and made our demands,” Kabua ...