Warming waters, landslides and floods are exacerbating poverty and deepening inequality 

Antonnie is part of the Molpoe community in Vanuatu, who have seen firsthand the destructive consequences of the climate crisis. He can still recall the evening the landslide struck and swept everything away. “Our village was covered in dust that fell on us. We panicked and scattered. One person ran … If he had turned, the ground would have buried him …  I took my mother, my children, my wife, and a young boy … and we moved.”  

“To this day, if the children hear thunder rumble, they will run. They still fear the sound of the landslide.”

– Antonnie, Vanuatu

Antonnie’s family made it to safety. Then, just as his community began to rebuild, a cyclone tore through and destroyed what remained. Antonnie’s family lost their home, their water source, and their farmland — the land they used to make a living.  

Because of the climate crisis, extreme weather events are going to become more frequent and more dangerous. And they threaten to push communities deeper into poverty. That’s where you come in.