18 FEBRUARY 2016
Claire Anterea, a climate activist from Kiribati, says the phrase "climate refugee" always brings her to tears.
"I have the energy, the passion to speak out, but it always makes me cry to talk about my people. We're not talking about polar bears. We have to look after the survival of our people," she said.
She was among several Pacific island young people telling their stories at the "In the Eye of the Storm" Pacific climate change conference at Wellington's Victoria University this week.
Source: Radio New Zealand International