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The Carteret Islanders

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Climate change is threatening to displace 2,500 inhabitants of the Carteret Atoll in the South...

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Located 50 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Carteret Islands are disappearing into the ocean. Climate change is destroying the atoll, forcing the islanders to search for homes on Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea. Though this is the story of one remote community, scientists estimate climate change will displace up to 50 million people by 2050.

Produced by Jennifer Redfearn in association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Camera: Tim Metzger
Sound: Tim Metzger
Editor: Jennifer Redfearn

Special thanks to
Tulele Peisa
Ursula Rakova
Kimberly Cleland
Carteret Islanders
Tinputz villagers

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