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Gallery: Fighting not sinking
26 ImagesThe Age photographer Eddie Jim captures a paradise under threat as climate leaders and activists from across the Pacific last week meet on Kioa Island, Fiji.
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Kioa island resident Lotomau Fiafia and his grandson John stand roughly where the shore line used to be when Lotomau was a child in the 1950s, he has seen the changes of the shore line in the past decade.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Kioa resident Esther Telupe at her uncle’s house near the shore line. Sited next to her own home, its construction was abandoned when it become clear it would be affected by sea level rise.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A flotilla of canoes give a traditional welcome to the Tuvaluan Minister for Finance and Climate Change, Seve Paeniu. Greenpeace ship The Rainbow Warrior is visible in the background.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A member of the flotilla arrives ashore on Kioa Island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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The welcoming ceremony for Greenpeace crew on Kioa Island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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The Tuvalu Minister for Finance and Climate Change, Seve Paeniu, is welcomed to the Kioa meeting in a traditional ceremony. Credit:Eddie Jim
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A welcoming ceremony for Greenpeace crew.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Children play outside while delegates hold the Kioan Climate Emergency Declaration meetings on Kioa Island, Fiji. Credit:Eddie Jim
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The bay at the village of Salia, Kioa Island, Fiji the site of Climate Emergency Declaration where the coastline has been eroded.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Women weave baskets on Kioa Island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A delegate walks along rain soaked ground as the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior is anchored offshore.Credit:Eddie Jim
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The local community preparing a feast for the visitors.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Kioa residents preparing a feast for the visitors.Credit:Eddie Jim
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The Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior is anchored off the coastline near Kioa island.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A child swims in the bay at the village of Salia on Kioa island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sunday church service on Kiao island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A woman prays during Sunday church service on Kiao island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sunday church service on Kiao island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sunday church service on Kiao island, Fjii.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sunday church service on Kiao island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Kioa resident Takio Vave and son Mana.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Children play along the beach on Kioa Island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A man prepares to go fishing on Kioa Island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A woman hangs clothes to dry on a line on Kioa Island, Fiji.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Children play soccer on the grass in Kioa.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A delegate at the meeting in Kioa to discuss creating a regionally-specific loss and damages fund for islands affected by climate change.Credit:Eddie Jim
