'They say that in 30 years maybe Kiribati will disappear'

The highest point on South Tarawa, the capital island of Kiribati, survives behind a wall of sandbags and rock. It lies so close to the sea that one of the agile kids who make up almost half the population could leap from the top and land in the water three metres below.

Across the Pacific in Lima, Peru, climate negotiators this week are drafting a dealthat will control how high the sea will rise around this thin strip of sand and coral and maybe stop the country from disappearing altogether. Yet for most I-Kiribati, climate change remains an abstract concern against the foreground of calamitous poverty they face each day.

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Source: The Guardian