Brutal realities of climate change loss and damage come to life in IIED animations
IIED has launched the first in a series of three animations that depict the deep and personal loss and damage caused by climate change in the least developed countries – stories that, too often, go untold or unheard. The first animation comes from the Solomon Islands. Young climate activists Gladys Habu and Solomon Yeo, whose characters and voices feature in the short film, share how the relentless impacts of climate change are destroying their beautiful islands.
The two-minute clip, available in English and Pijin, depicts the harsh realities of the climate crisis that Solomon Islanders experience every day: rising seas ravage coastal communities while salt from the sea poisons fresh water supplies; communities look on as whole islands sink before their eyes; meanwhile, the threat of violence between ethnic groups looms, sparked by depleting freshwater and land.
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