A country being lost to rising sea levels - documentary

Tuvalu is a country home to 11,000 people and they could be the first to lose their entire nation because of climate change. The ocean, an integral part of their culture, is turning against them and rising 1.5 times faster there than the rest of the planet.

24-year-old Grace Malie has been volunteering as a Rising Nations Initiative youth delegate for Tuvalu and she’s been travelling around the world - and is currently at the COP28 in Dubai - to raise awareness so she can secure a future for her country. #LosingParadise

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[koicaine]

We literally lucked into the most incredible planet we could ever have dreamed of and then completely trashed it like a Beach after Spring Break.

[Cameraqueen]

The sheer irony of everyone having to fly around the world during a climate crisis in order to attempt to motivate people around the world to fight a crisis caused by emissions.

[biggiedii]

A few weeks ago Australia offered refuge to Tuvaluan climate refugees. It's sad though that their culture may be erased.

[vqdztmu]

Tuvalu Strong we stand by you love from Marshall Islands

[sinnbhw]

I live in western Colorado. Yesterday when I walked my dogs (Dec. 7th), a bee was flying around my head. When I got home, I saw some flys in the backyard. THIS IS NOT NORMAL!

[glendafield]

This is very sad. We have been very close to Tuvaluans who have come to live in New Zealand, and they have brought grace, kindness, openness among other wonderful gifts to our community here in New Zealand. They have been good role models and lifted us all up with their hospitality and positivity. 😊😊😊

[gus]

The Sahara desert was once an ocean. Climate change is part of the natural world with or without humans.

[LOBOratorium]

I am a loner... From Europe. I have found Tuvalu on the internet by accident, while looking for a country least visited by tourists. And then I fall in love with it! Every inch of it! I would like to visit Tuvalu someday, but I am a working class and it is expensive to fly... I am a builder, and I wonder if I could make a difference by coming to Tuvalu someday and rebuilding houses, just so they don't go underwater so fast... If not, I would be really happy to visit this country anyway and talk to people, and give them hope, and I wish I will get that chance someday! PEACE!

[heyman]

Come to NZ my whanau. We shall open our doors wide open for you. Love to all our Tuvalu whanau. I wish we could push these oceans back if only to keep our motherlands as they are. Ka aroha whanau.

[cosmichappening]

All volcanic islands are slowly and imperceptibly sinking not because of sea level rises, but because this is the natural process that has been occurring since the breakup of Pangaea some 252 million years ago: Islands gradually sink, and as they do so, coral reefs begin to form around their edges that eventually become ring or oval shaped atolls encompassing lagoons which eventually also sink and disappear altogether, and that is exactly what is happening to the atolls of Tuvalu: They were once volcanic Islands that gradually sunk beneath the waves of the south Pacific, forming the present day atolls which are also sinking before our very eyes: It's got nothing to do with rising sea levels.

[paulietv]

I am so heartened to see all these comments here, people are starting to seriously question the narrative they are being fed by the likes of the BBC and Channel 4. It just confirms my view that regular people are smarter and have more common sense than the establishment ruling classes

[irmaoksanen]

If the ocean is rising why is the title "Tuvalu is sinking"??? The planet has gone through upheavals over millions of years. It's not going to stop just because a group of people are screaming about "climate change".

[TheAngryAustrian]

Its called coastal erosion. Those island nations are slowly getting swept away into the sea with every wave, taking sand, dragging it back into the sea. The sea level doesn't just rise in certain parts of the planet or certain oceans, it would rise equally

[EamonCoyle]

Those two people advising the Tuvalu President were a real reassurance. Were they unable to get all 4 horsemen of the apocalypse to attend that meeting ?

[WillmobilePlus]

I remmeber when this was supposed to happen 30 years ago....

[nizviz]

There is compelling evidence that Tuvalu is sinking, not that the sea level is rising.

[happyprogressivepoop]

I was talking to my friend from Trinidad and Tobago about this country...he was saying where he is from there use to be a lighthouse out in the water now there is a round about around it.

[Peekaboo-Kitty]

What's with the Thumbnail of the woman and child standing in the Ocean as if they are living there? What a great *lie* that is!

[hectorsnet]

This is undoubtedly a shame, however lets put it in to perspective. Whilst sad, 11000 people can easily be relocated. 750000 people (at least probably more) are currently coming here from a safe country (France) on top of that the twisted statistics indicate that The Netherlands can no longer grow vegetables in poly tunnels in the interest of meeting eco targets, and the British farmers can no longer grow beef on fields that are only good for growing grass. In the situation of the British farmers, they are being accused of reporposing land to grow beef - the statistics being used include close to 40% of the carbon footprint is reporposing land.. that is as far as I'm aware, chopping down trees, like in South America to graze cattle. That doesn't happen in the uk and farmers can't grow crops on the sloping fields - so they grow beef. Humans are hellbent on their own destruction.. The Cows say, "they cut down all the trees, and blame us for farting"

[UnitedStatesNational]

READ THIS BELOW: All islands are slowly but imperceptibly sinking not because of sea level rises, but because this is a natural process that has been occurring since the breakup of Pangaea some 252 million years ago: Islands gradually sink, and as they do so, coral reefs begin to form around their edges that eventually become ring or oval shaped atolls encompassing lagoons which eventually also sink and disappear altogether, and that is exactly what is happening to the atolls of Tuvalu: They were once Islands that gradually sunk forming atolls as they did so which are also sinking as we are witnessing: It's got nothing to do with rising sea levels.