Local Campaigner by Seawall on Tarawa Island

Penelise Alofa has been working on climate change issues for almost ten years in Kiribati as the National Coordinator of the Kiribati Climate Action Network. Penelise has visited many Kiribati islands to document the impacts of rising sea-levels on Kiribati communities, such as salt water intrusion into drinking water and the soil. Kataebati Tebutia lives in the community Temwaiku-Tenei, on Tarawa Island, where the rising ocean is slowly encroaching on their houses.