Aftermath of cyclone Pam, a Cat 5 cyclone which devastated much of Vanuatu and neighbouring countries. Port Vila, Vanuatu 2015
Cleaning up in the aftermath of cyclone Pam in communities of north Efate island. Vanuatu 2015
Girl amidst the destruction of her home and village in the aftermath of cyclone Pam. North Efate, Vanuatu 2015
Fresh water and aid supplies are delivered to communtiies outside Port Vila in the aftermath of cyclone Pam. Vanuatu 2015
Cyclone relief: an Australian RAAF C-130 arrives at damaged Port Vila airfield to unload aid following the devastation of cyclone Pam. Port Vila, Vanuatu 2015
Couple from Tegua island stand at the sea shore after moving their house inland. Tegua was the first community in the world to receive UN funding to relocate their villages away from the coast. Vanuatu 2008
Chief Thomas Kanai of Yesila island sits on a coconut stump that once was on the foreshore 20 years earlier, showing how much his island is disappearing. One of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009.
A islander walks across flooded garden on Han island, where king tides and salinity have destroyed their ability to grow root crops on all the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG, 2009.
A lady outside her home on Han island, Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009.
Graveyard area near a village. Islanders say this will be their biggest loss: loss of burial grounds and tambu places when their islands - and ancestral spirits - disappear under water and everyone moves away. One of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009.
Island woman stands outside her home and laundry line, in the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG, 2009.
Leaving home: Jackson Hubert with his children Clovis and Jacobert will soon leave their home on Huene island. Many people from the Carteret atolls are moving to the mainland of Bougainville since their low lying atoll homes are being invaded by the sea. The problem is growing king tides have swamped their gardens with salinity so they can no longer grow any root crops, and must survive on fruit, fish and food aid sent by the government. These 2000 islanders are considered the world's first climate change refugees. Here Jackson walks over an abandoned islet near Huene, one of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009.
Leaving home: Jackson Hubert with his children Clovis and Jacobert will soon leave their home on Huene island. Many people from the Carteret atolls are moving to the mainland of Bougainville since their low lying atoll homes are being invaded by the sea. The problem is growing king tides have swamped their gardens with salinity so they can no longer grow any root crops, and must survive on fruit, fish and food aid sent by the government. These 2000 islanders are considered the world's first climate change refugees. Here Jackson walks over an abandoned islet near Huene, one of the Carteret atolls, off Bougainville, PNG 2009.
Climate change and rising seas are killing coastal trees. Palau 2012
Local media report on climate change effects. Palau 2012
Children watch aid deliveries from a destroyed hut in the aftermath of cyclones Judy and Kevin. Erromango island, Vanuatu 2023
Australian and Ni-Vanuatu soldiers deliver aid by Chinook helicopters to villagers on Erromango island in the aftermath of cyclones Judy and Kevin. Vanuatu 2023
Climate protest in Port Vila, Vanuatu 2019