Island Lives, Ocean States

In the Pacific Islands, whose people contribute the least to global warming but face its most severe effects, sea-level rise and erosion of land combine to create a historically unprecedented challenge: entire nations risk the partial or total loss of their land and sea territories.

The Island Lives, Ocean States (OceanStates) project aims to build an interdisciplinary analysis of how Pacific islanders and their states work to protect their sovereign land and sea territories from the uncertainties and threats caused by climate change.