Before We Drown We May Die of Thirst
The island nation of Kiribati is one of the world's most vulnerable to rising sea levels. But residents may have to leave well before the ocean claims their homes.
The island nation of Kiribati is one of the world's most vulnerable to rising sea levels. But residents may have to leave well before the ocean claims their homes.
Kiribati President Anote Tong leads a Pacific island nation that’s facing a likely exodus due to rising sea levels. He weighs long-term options: stay and defend or flee to higher ground.
Before feeling the full brunt of rising seas, the Kiribati people eke out a life on narrow ribbons of land exposed to waves, wind and tide. There's no room for retreat surrounded by the Pacific Ocean.
A migrant farmer from the tiny island nation of Kiribati is a test case for determining whether millions of people, pushed from their homes by climate change, will be acknowledged –– or forgotten.
In Kiribati, community-based adaptations to climate change offer temporary solutions as sea levels continue to rise.
Kiribati villages turn to community-based farming for food security as salt water threatens the land.
As salt water infiltrates drinking water wells in Kiribati, launch of community-based rainwater harvesting brings clean water and slows spread of disease.
As the low-lying island nation of Kiribati edges closer to a climate change end game, what will happen to its people, its territory, its sovereignty?
Washington University student fellow Janice Cantieri examines the impact of rising sea levels and climate change on life in Kiribati, the first nation facing displacement due to global warming.
Washington University 2015 student fellow traveled back to Kiribati on a Fulbright-National Geographic fellowship to continue her reporting on the communities facing displacement due to global warming.
Journalists focus on human implications of drastic shifts in global climate in advance of the Paris COP21 talks on climate change
As the U.S. wastes another opportunity to take action on climate change, the rest of the world gears up for massive migration.
As the low-lying island nation of Kiribati edges closer to a climate change end game, what will happen to its people, its territory, its sovereignty?
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
This lesson was developed for an English language Chinese afterschool curriculum. The lesson deals with policy regarding climate change and climate change "refugees."
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
Resources to support student Letters to the Next President inspired and informed by global problems such as water access, climate change, forced migration and more.
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.