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00:00It's low tide on Tarawa, the main atoll of the island nation of Kiribati.
00:18Tiatata and his three sons have just a few hours before the water returns.
00:25There are no stones on the beach anymore, and that's why we have to go far out.
00:29We need to get coral because the sea is flooding our house.
00:40The home of Tiatata and his family of 12 is under threat.
00:44Ten years ago they started building a wall made of coral.
00:56When the water comes all the way up to here, and there's a strong wind, that's when it's
01:01worst.
01:02The water bashes against our wall and sprays over our whole house.
01:06We have to build a higher wall so the water doesn't flood our home.
01:21In the past, our wall kept breaking because it was only this high.
01:26Now it's higher and more stable.
01:28It protects us from the sea.
01:30Many walls collapse at high tide, but we're lucky.
01:33Our wall's still standing.
01:39In just 30 years, Tiatata's wall could cease to offer any protection from the sea.
02:02The island state of Kiribati is one of the lowest-lying countries on Earth.
02:06The narrow, unprotected atolls in the South Pacific are on average only two metres above
02:11sea level.
02:12The nation consists of 33 such atolls spread out between Hawaii and Australia.
02:19More than half its 100,000 residents live on the Tarawa Atoll, but for how much longer?
02:29Climate change is threatening the people of Kiribati.
02:32Sea levels are rising, storm surges and severe tropical storms are flooding the sparsely
02:38populated country with increasing frequency.
02:46For the locals, it's a question of survival.
03:02Climate change has national priority for the government of Kiribati.
03:06Choi Yeeting has been the official climate commissioner since 2010.
03:10He's alarmed by the changes caused by climate change.
03:19It is worrying that the community has to live in these conditions.
03:24I would imagine there would be a lot of sanitation problems, a lot of contamination of the drinkable
03:31water.
03:36Right now we don't really have a king tide or a rising sea level during this period,
03:45but imagine when it does come and that little seawall there is fully submerged by water.
03:54One day the people of Kiribati will have to leave their country.
03:58The government has already purchased land on Fiji to provide them with refuge.
04:07Every day, Tatawa and his three brothers have to carry their fishing boat into the sea.
04:12It's hard work.
04:19As you can see, this area is flooded.
04:21All this from here to all the way back there used to be beach.
04:25Now the beach is gone and the rocks are washed up.
04:28That's why we have to move our boat every day, otherwise it would get smashed.
04:36The family defies the rising sea levels with a coral wall that resembles a fortress.
04:45The water is rising and rising.
04:47Eventually the land over there will disappear, but we'll stay and float like an island in
04:52the water.
04:58Tatawa and his family have become a symbol of Kiribati's fight for survival.
05:04His mother, Muang Thaya, and her granddaughter, Anna, often reminisce about the times before
05:08they were affected by climate change.
05:15Twenty years ago the sea was far away.
05:18We were safe back then, even at high tide.
05:21The water only reached this far.
05:24We used to have a lot of trees.
05:26Our land was much greener.
05:28We had no idea we'd have to live like this one day.
05:34The access road has been flooded for years.
05:37The family can only leave their property by boat.
05:44When I was little, life here was really good.
05:47There were lots of trees under which we played hide and seek.
05:50I've heard that other countries are causing climate change, but I don't hate those people.
06:06I see it differently.
06:07The Western countries are doing many things to cause climate change.
06:11They're to blame.
06:14All I can do is ask them to stop.
06:27The sea is increasingly devouring unprotected tracts of land in the middle of the South
06:32Pacific.
06:35This isn't a safe place for the future.
06:37When we have a high tide and a big storm, the water smashes into the sea wall and sprays
06:43over the top.
06:45During storm surges, which occur once a month these days, the people of Kiribati are completely
06:50defenseless against the forces of nature.
06:54I'm scared that the water will continue to rise.
06:57Maybe we'll have to leave here one day and live elsewhere if climate change gets worse.
07:13A mangrove forest in the south of Tarawa.
07:19Their knots of thin, strong roots make these tropical trees the perfect protection against
07:24soil erosion.
07:26With a group of young people, climate activist Vasithi Tebamare wants to plant mangroves
07:31on the beach at Ambo during low tide.
07:37You plant 15 rows.
07:45You have to plant the mangroves a hand's width apart.
07:51Vasithi has been organizing a growing number of such volunteer planting events.
07:56Okay, these are the seeds from the mangroves, and we pick them up, and then these are the
08:07ones that we use to plant them, and then they grow again.
08:09We take three in case, because when we plant them, the waves will come and maybe two will
08:14be flooded away.
08:15At least one will stay and will live, so that's why we take three all the time.
08:21The people of Tarawa have already planted more than 50,000 mangroves on the beaches
08:25of the atoll.
08:31The young people here have grown up with climate change.
08:33They're scared.
08:34Sea level rising is very important.
08:35It impacts our island.
08:36And I just don't want to see my island get drowned under the sea.
08:37Yes, in my village where I live, most of the isles are destroyed by the sea level.
08:58The future prospects for Kiribati's young people are dire, but none of them want to
09:02leave their home.
09:10I'm so proud to be a Kiribati, even though what we face, we're still proud of our country.
09:18This is where we belong.
09:19It's our culture, our identity, that's why I think this is where our hearts belong.
09:26The hope is that these mangroves on Ambo Beach will grow into a forest like the one
09:31that helps defy storm surges in the south of Tarawa.
09:43Protecting the coastline has become a national priority for the people of Kiribati, but there's
09:47no coherent plan, and the government lacks the funds for long-term infrastructure measures.
10:04Those who can afford concrete have built a wall at their own expense.
10:08That's what Itim Wemwe has done, a young entrepreneur from the village of Taboreo.
10:13I think climate change will only get worse in the future.
10:17One day Kiribati will drown.
10:19Other people think differently, but I'm scared by what's happening.
10:23We have to protect ourselves.
10:25That's why we're building the sea wall this high.
10:31The sea is calm today, but it's only a matter of time before the next storm surge arrives.
10:41Tarawa is home to around 60,000 people, more than half the country's entire population.
10:59Livable land is becoming increasingly sparse, says climate activist Vasithi.
11:05Compared to ten years ago, it's not just like this.
11:08People stayed in their homelands, but nowadays people migrate from there for a better future.
11:14They came here for education, for work, for everything, and now it ended up like this.
11:19Everyone lives closely to each other.
11:22In addition to climate change, overpopulation is one of the biggest problems on Tarawa.
11:28Diseases easily pass from one person to another, and especially with the future of the kids,
11:34the government has a limited resource.
11:36It can't employ each and every one of them.
11:40On average, a family here has five to six children.
11:42Almost every square meter of land on Tarawa has now been built on.
11:47The main thing that is threatening us is the sea level rise.
11:50We have land erosion.
11:52The sea is taking most of the lands, and people here try whatever they have to build sea walls.
11:58But it doesn't help.
11:59When the water comes, no one can stop the water.
12:01It just comes and then take away all the lands again.
12:05In 2014, the effects of global warming on Kiribati attracted international attention.
12:12Ioana Teotia made a bid to become the world's first climate change refugee when he applied
12:17for asylum in New Zealand.
12:22The government of New Zealand didn't recognize climate change as grounds for asylum.
12:27They didn't think that the people of Kiribati were threatened by nature and forced to flee
12:33as a result.
12:35Ioana and his family were deported from New Zealand a year later, even though the situation
12:40in their home country has been getting progressively worse.
12:43It was a shock for the family.
12:50What scares me is that our land is low-lying.
12:53We're surrounded by the sea, and it's being washed away around us.
13:03Ioana and his family have moved in with his sister, but they don't see a future for themselves
13:07on Kiribati.
13:11My biggest worry is my children.
13:14I want them to be safe.
13:15We don't want to wait until the end.
13:19Many people criticize me for trying to be a climate change refugee, saying I'm talking
13:24my country down.
13:26But I want to leave again.
13:27It doesn't matter where we live.
13:29Our culture will survive with us.
13:38Kiribati's first inhabitants settled here around 3,000 years ago.
13:42The majority came from Southeast Asia and Polynesia.
13:45The locals are a proud people who are attached to their traditions.
14:15Abayang Atoll, around 50 kilometers to the north of Tarawa, is a different world.
14:35It's only sparsely populated.
14:45The village of Tibunginako has become a symbol of the impending dangers of climate change.
14:51Over the past 20 years, rising sea levels have destroyed Kabowa John's home.
14:55A long time ago, this is the land before.
14:59They used to have a big house for gathering people, parties, occasions.
15:06And all the people, before they lived here, now they all moved to the mainland.
15:13Tibunginako is still home to 70 families.
15:16It was the second largest village on Abayang.
15:19Rising salinity from daily flooding has made the soil infertile.
15:27Before I didn't care about climate change.
15:29When I heard about climate change, oh, it's nothing.
15:32But now I see the difference, you know, the impact, and it's like worrying me.
15:37And I know I'm thinking maybe I'm going to move, migrate to another Australia or New
15:42Zealand, another country, because the sea rising level is increasing.
15:48I have two kids, and then when I look for the kids, then maybe I should move.
15:55But Kabowa wants to stay.
15:57It's not a question of courage.
15:58He just feels connected to his home.
16:03We are from Kiribati.
16:04We are proud to be Kiribati.
16:06We want to die here.
16:07We don't want to go to overseas.
16:09We want to stay here.
16:13When we move, our culture will be disappeared.
16:28There are lots of people on Abayang who don't have work.
16:35Kabowa is here on behalf of the government.
16:37His job is to show people how to make palm sugar.
16:56Kabowa is looking for a worker named Takamba.
17:04Palm sugar is obtained from the sap, known locally as todi, of the palm blossom.
17:08Takamba has to climb to the top of a 20-metre coconut palm to collect it.
17:20Takamba has three bottles of todi so far.
17:25That's enough for now.
17:30Kabowa learned how to make palm sugar in Thailand.
17:33The government of Kiribati financed his training.
17:44The Kiribati government also paid for the equipment here.
17:49This is the todi, fresh one.
17:58Up until now, locals have only used the fresh palm syrup for drinks.
18:01Now we're going to pour the fresh water, the fresh todi.
18:06So we want to evaporate the water in the todi so that we can crystallise the todi.
18:19Palm sugar, you know, the solid part.
18:23The island of Abayang is the perfect place for producing palm sugar.
18:27There are thousands of coconut palms across the 37-kilometre island.
18:32In Kiribati, we only have the cobra, cobra cutting as a source of income.
18:40So our government tries to find ways which can help people to earn more money.
18:46And this is one of the income for the farmers.
18:52It takes seven litres of sap to produce one kilogram of palm sugar.
18:59This is how you have to do it.
19:01When you've reached this point, the fire mustn't be too hot.
19:05You have to stir it the whole time.
19:07Watch how I do it.
19:09You have to push the todi up the side until it becomes hard and powdery.
19:14The palm sugar from Abayang is set to be sold for five euros per kilo.
19:19We'll continue with this work.
19:23We can earn money that way.
19:25And we can use that money to feed our families.
19:35This one is really good.
19:43The government has plans to export the palm sugar from Abayang around the world.
19:48Kabawa secured important contacts at the World's Fair in Milan in 2015.
19:56This is the sugar from your palm sap.
19:59This is what it looks like.
20:06Do you want to try it?
20:14What do you think of the new sugar?
20:16It's not bad, right?
20:20Do you like it?
20:24It tastes like candy.
20:26This sugar is really different, much more delicious.
20:33While Kiribati's recipes are increasingly fading from memory, women's rights activist
20:38and nutritionist Tonga Fiti Cross wants to fight that trend.
20:43Just to teach them how to eat food and how to prepare food, which they never do it before.
20:52And to use the leaves and the herbs that they have in their own country, and they never
20:57use it because they don't know that they're eatable.
21:01You can use these palm leaves in many different ways, not just to swat flies.
21:06We'll wrap them around the fish, rip the leaves into two.
21:11When you cook these leaves, a liquid comes out that's very good for the stomach.
21:19You fold the leaves like this and wrap the fish.
21:27Fish has been prepared like this on Kiribati for generations.
21:36They usually eat right food before, but when the imported food comes, that's where things
21:43have gone wrong.
21:44Because in Karawah, the hospital is full of people, the sick people, and we try to cut
21:50down the people who are sick, you know, and receive the right food, so cut down the lack
21:56of vitamins in their food, and they can't prevent any disease.
22:05You can eat every part of the squash, the flower, the stem, the skin, the seeds.
22:11When you cut the squash, make sure you don't cut the slices too thickly.
22:16Why do we want a lot of herbs in our soup?
22:19All these herbs have medicinal properties.
22:26Our bodies take in these herbs, and you get healthier.
22:33You're not just making a meal, you're also making medicine.
22:43Two-thirds of Kiribati's population consumes a staple diet of fish and imported rice, a
22:49diet increasingly supplemented with high sugar foods, leading to rising rates of obesity
22:55and diabetes.
23:00I thank Tonga Fiti for this cooking class.
23:03I know more about cooking now.
23:06I have a young daughter at home.
23:08I'll cook with a lot of herbs and vegetables now, so that she grows up healthy.
23:15Up until now, we've only used these herbs for our costumes.
23:19We didn't know you could cook them.
23:26You can find everything she's showing us in the jungle.
23:29It's great.
23:33Nutritionist Tonga Fiti Cross's mission is far from over.
23:37She wants to share her knowledge in every village on Aboyang.
23:45Local community centers on Kiribati are called manyeba.
23:50The structures provide shade and protection against strong winds and rain.
23:53Aboyang is home to one of the largest manyebas in the region.
23:57The environmental protection organization, Kirikan, has invited representatives from
24:02several villages.
24:03Together they're seeking ways to ensure potable water supplies.
24:10So it is so important that we know that water is fresh, water is clean, and water is good
24:15for everyone, so that we can all live longer as happy Kiribati people.
24:20Climate activist Vasithi is also working to combat the salinization of drinking water.
24:32Sometimes seawater flows into my well and floods it.
24:35All the dirt gets in and we have no water to drink.
24:43Our groundwater used to be fresh and clean.
24:45We could drink it.
24:46Today it's salty and unpalatable.
24:50The wells near the sea are flooded quite regularly and become spoiled by the salt.
24:55If we were to wash with that water, it'd feel like washing in seawater.
25:01The salinity of water supplies isn't the only problem.
25:04Supplying clean drinking water is another challenge.
25:07Village representatives present their solutions.
25:11We opted for this solar pump.
25:13To make it work, we need equipment such as pipes to pump the well water to the houses.
25:23We thought about what would be the best solution for everyone.
25:26That's why we chose a desalination plant.
25:35We need a hand pump to supply ourselves with water.
25:43You've suggested a number of ideas.
25:45It's important that the solution is cheap and will work for a long time.
25:54We're going to lay out all of your criteria on the floor here.
25:59Which solution will win?
26:01The village delegates are asked to vote.
26:04It's an important part of the process, says Kirikan's Australian Development Aid Worker,
26:08Robert Kaye.
26:09This process isn't going to lead us to a project.
26:12It's really just getting people to think about the kinds of things, the questions they should
26:15be asking when confronted with a new project or a donor bringing aid to the community.
26:20There's not much export that comes out of Kiribati, so there's no foreign income coming
26:24in.
26:25Which is difficult because often you need the materials and the money, but I think you
26:28somehow need to break the dependency cycle.
26:32Peleniza Alorfa founded the environmental protection organisation Kirikan.
26:37Her goal is to support the people in Kiribati in their battle against climate change.
26:42In Kiribati, most of the time the priority need for our people is water, and that's why
26:47we got water into these communities.
26:49The water is their priority.
26:51We brought water tanks to collect or to harvest the rain.
26:56Over the next few months, every extended family will be supplied with their own water tank
27:00and solar panels to generate electricity, part of a programme funded by international
27:05aid.
27:09People will be forced to leave if we do not step in right now, today, to help them to
27:14adapt, to stay.
27:16That's what adaptation is all about, for people to remain in their own homes, continue with
27:22their life and their culture.
27:25I wouldn't imagine my people leaving to another country that is not theirs, because we have
27:30a very deep connection with our land.
27:33But moving away to somewhere where you do not belong to you, you will always become
27:37a second class person.
27:39In your heart, you know that you don't belong there.
27:55We're back on the main atoll of Tarawa.
28:02The marine training centre is a window of opportunity to a better life for many young
28:06Kiribati.
28:07Up to 150 students train here every year to become seafarers, ship mechanics and cooks.
28:13Good morning.
28:14Good morning, sir.
28:16The drill at the training centre is strict, as is the morning roll call.
28:3296, 11, and 97, 24.
28:47Not tuck in during the breakfast master, so that's one hour each.
28:5345, F, 39, long fingernails, one hour.
28:58Morning, sir.
28:59The punishment here in the MPC, this is the scale, so if the trainees found dirty fingernails,
29:04long fingernails, not wearing the younger chief, torn uniform, et cetera, improper shape,
29:10that's to be punished.
29:11The trainees has to be punished for one hour.
29:14The trainees have to rehearse a docking manoeuvre on the deck of a training ship today.
29:19Among them is 25-year-old Tamuera.
29:22Seven people at the stern and the rest at the spring, right?
29:28So let's start, two plus one.
29:30Let's go, spring first.
29:34Seafarers from Kiribati are in demand, particularly on German vessels.
29:39Six shipping companies from Hamburg have offices on Tarawa, supervised by Andrew Heinzen.
29:45He holds the locals in high esteem and finds jobs for them on ships from all around the world.
29:51Firstly, the people who grow up on these islands have a strong connection to water.
29:56They've been fishing and spending time on the water since childhood.
29:59They're strong.
30:00In my experience, it takes just one Kiribati to do a job that needs two Filipinos.
30:05These 15 months are a process.
30:07They have to be on time, be clean and well-dressed,
30:10because they'll be confronted with a completely different world.
30:19The trainees have to work hard for their dream all week long.
30:22The demands are great.
30:26Tamuera only sees his wife and one-year-old daughter at the weekends.
30:32He currently shares a dorm room with 19 other sailors.
30:42This is my bed and that's my mattress, made of palm leaves.
30:51I roll out the mattress every night.
30:54This is what it looks like.
30:58This is how I sleep.
31:08I chose to train as a merchant marine because it gives me the chance to provide for my family.
31:14It's my dream to continue my training after I finish this programme.
31:24The training centre has a good reputation on Kiribati,
31:27but even this modern complex faces increasing bouts of flooding.
31:34As you can see, the entrance to the basin has become blocked by sand.
31:41It had built up here overnight because a small section of the seawall has broken.
31:50The water was a bit higher than usual and lacking or insufficient maintenance caused it to break.
32:00The current deposited the sand here.
32:08People mess about with everything, just like they do in Europe.
32:11Driving along this causeway, you can see that the water exchange is restricted to just a small aperture.
32:17All the water from the lagoon has to squeeze through it.
32:21Human interference with nature, with disastrous consequences.
32:25Not least because it's changed ocean currents.
32:28The causeway is a costly, never-ending construction site.
32:41The primary school in Bonriki.
32:43Every morning begins with a prayer.
32:4590% of Kiribati's population is Christian.
33:00School is compulsory for children between the ages of 6 and 14.
33:04Good morning, boys and girls.
33:06Good morning, teacher.
33:08The topic today is based on...
33:10Climate change.
33:12Okay, let's hear from Nweisa.
33:14What is the meaning of this word, climate change?
33:17The change in weather patterns over long periods of time.
33:23How is climate okay? How did this happen? How is this okay?
33:29Climate change is okay from global warming.
33:33History, right?
33:34Yes.
33:35Okay.
33:36Now, these are the three causes caused by global warming.
33:40Sea level rise, drought, heavy rain.
33:48So, what does the future hold for Kiribati's children?
33:51It's a subject addressed in primary schools.
33:55We want to alert the children to what's going on here
33:58and how they can deal with the problem.
34:00Most of the children are scared of climate change.
34:08The children's fears differ from those of their teacher.
34:12But they're all very concrete.
34:15She's scared of the future, too.
34:18We can emigrate to another country.
34:22We can emigrate to another country
34:24or confront the problem and live with it.
34:27I always tell my students that we have to find ways
34:30of preventing soil erosion.
34:34We have to build sea walls and plant mangroves.
34:38We mustn't cut down our trees anymore.
34:45The children have drawn pictures to illustrate
34:47what they think will happen as a result of global warming.
34:50Our beaches will be washed away, this boy says.
34:53We're using too much fuel.
35:00In this girl's picture, the land is submerged.
35:03Everyone, she says, is swimming in the water
35:05because the ocean has washed away the land.
35:08If sea levels continue to rise, she says, we'll all die.
35:13These children are growing up with a palpable fear of the future.
35:18This girl tells us her home was flooded just last week.
35:22It happened while she was sleeping.
35:24Her mother woke her up and carried her out of the house.
35:30This girl says she's very scared about climate change.
35:33She believes many people are responsible for it.
35:36But as a child, there's nothing she can do about it.
35:48The village of Ponriki has become increasingly susceptible
35:51to flooding after heavy rainfall.
35:53Often, the high water lasts for days.
35:56Trainee seafarer Tamuera and his wife, Beta Aua,
36:01have bought a small house here.
36:10We're going to live here in the future.
36:12I'm currently living with my wife and my daughter with my parents.
36:16But we'll move in soon.
36:18Once I've completed my training at the marine centre
36:21and I'm earning money by working on a ship,
36:23I want to start raising my children here.
36:40I want to have a garden here, but I have to plough the soil first.
36:44I want to build a fence and plant sweet potatoes and tapioca,
36:48maybe lettuce too.
36:52As a crew member on a large container ship,
36:54Tamuera will be able to earn up to 700 US dollars a month.
36:58That will place him in Kiribati's middle class.
37:03I'm very excited to be moving here.
37:05I'm so proud of him.
37:07When he gets a job and starts earning money,
37:09we'll be able to build something and have a bigger family.
37:12If he didn't have a job, we'd have a lot of problems.
37:15We wouldn't be able to lead this life.
37:17I'm very happy.
37:29When night falls on Tarawa,
37:31the fishermen sometimes recall a centuries-old fishing method.
37:37Te Araita and Matayo light a three-metre torch
37:40made of palm leaves on the beach of Tomaiku.
37:43The warm light of the fire lures small, tasty reef fish
37:46into the shallow water.
38:02It's not like it used to be, when there were fewer people here.
38:07Population growth has fuelled an increase in fishing
38:10because of rising demand.
38:14Many fishermen now use neon lights to attract fish.
38:22It's rare that Te Araita and Matayo catch any fish
38:25with their traditional fishing method these days.
38:29I've only caught a tuwaro.
38:35It's hard to catch fish these days.
38:38I feel the current has changed.
38:48The fishermen wonder whether climate change
38:50is to blame for that, too.
38:53The fisheries ministry of Kiribati.
38:56Marine biologist Arantei Tekeau has been investigating
39:00the health of the coral reefs around Tarawa
39:03and the surrounding atolls for more than 10 years.
39:06Using measuring tapes, he and his team regularly monitor
39:09coral growth and health.
39:11They have been monitoring the coral reefs
39:13for more than 10 years.
39:15They have been monitoring the coral reefs
39:17for more than 10 years.
39:19Using measuring tapes, he and his team regularly monitor
39:22coral growth and health.
39:26What we are seeing is the more popular corals now
39:29are the ones that are adapting and are more resilient
39:33to change, to increase in temperature.
39:36They're surviving more in the hot temperatures.
39:38They're spreading over, which is OK in a sense
39:40that the corals aren't dying, they're spreading,
39:42there are lots of them.
39:44But it's only, it's like survival of the fittest.
39:48The polyps that make up the stony corals
39:50are among the winners of climate change.
39:52They seem to be particularly happy
39:54in the waters around Kiribati.
39:56Because they're so resilient to the change,
39:59that's why they're really improving.
40:01The coral cup is massive.
40:03Even they could even survive, you know,
40:06storms and stuff like that.
40:09A hope for Kiribati.
40:11But only healthy coral reefs can grow with the rising sea levels.
40:14They're natural breakwaters and provide important protection
40:17for the islands during major storm surges.
40:22Here in South Tarawa, where it's an urban area,
40:24there's a lot of factors affecting coral reefs,
40:27construction, infrastructure.
40:33The main thing is that it is rubbish.
40:35Since there's a very high population here in South Tarawa,
40:39which causes rubbish and, yeah, waste,
40:42down to the coral reefs, that's putting heavy pressure on it.
40:47As a result, there are signs of degradation
40:49among weaker coral species in many reefs around Tarawa.
41:01The population is set to double on Tarawa over the next 20 years.
41:05Climate coordinator Choi Yeating and the government of Kiribati
41:09face a huge challenge.
41:13Unless we find a solution now to address this problem, you know,
41:16if we were to top up the land here,
41:18sand and, you know, kind of reclaim it, you know,
41:20that may be an option.
41:22The government has even considered moving its people
41:25onto artificial floating islands,
41:27futuristic visions and exorbitantly expensive designs
41:31by international architects.
41:34It requires a period of constant development
41:37and it's very hard to do with the lack of resources that we have.
41:40It tells us we have a timeline.
41:43It's something that we... It's very hard to accept right now.
41:46It may be that in just 50 years, Kiribati will no longer exist.
41:50It could be the first country to be wiped off the map by climate change.
41:54There's still hope, a very small window of hope, I guess, yeah?
41:58Priorities is something that will keep you going.
42:01Maybe the end, not yet for Kiribati, yeah?
42:03We still have... There still will be a Kiribati.
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