As Kiribati Sinks, 'Migrating With Dignity' Is Looming Option | TakePart - Inspiration to Action

"To me, to think that our country won't exist or our race, then it's like we are nothing,” said Baure, who is living in Australia and being trained as a nurse. “To me if my country sinks, then, I'm—it's like there's no use of existing as a human being."

The nursing student hopes to bring her parents to Australia when she graduates.

But there’s a problem: her parents won't believe in climate change, no matter how hard she tries to convince them in her twice-monthly calls home.