Pacific Voices in Unison: Stories from Vanuatu

While Pacific island states contribute little to the emission of greenhouse gases and global warming they are at the front line of experiencing the impacts of climate change. Rising air and sea surface temperatures and associated sea-level rise, increasing weather extremes, changes in rainfall patterns and ocean acidification decrease agricultural and coastal fisheries productivity, cause coastal erosion and threaten water availability and quality. Already today, some communities have to be relocated. To empower Pacific youths to demonstrate to the world how they build resilience to climate change through Pacific solutions, the Pacific Voices in Unison project was created: As two key elements of the project video documentaries were developed by youths in Vanuatu and other island states and a team of six youth representatives from six Pacific Islands went to Bonn, Germany to attend the Climate Change Conference (COP 23).