After we reported on the news that the tiny, low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati is buying up land on Fiji to protect its population from climate-change-induced sea level rise, photographer Ciril Jazbec got in touch.
Jazbec has been living and working in Kiribati since October 2011, documenting the lives of the people on the islands and how they'll be affected in the future by the rising seas. He's interviewed all sorts of people, including the president Anote Tong, climate change activists and locals.
His photo project is called Kiribati is Gone, and shows a side of the world that's often ignored -- one of washed-away roads, darkened schoolhouses, and huts raised high off the ground to combat storm surges.
Our gallery presents a selection from this stunning collection of photographs, complete with captions written by Jazbec himself.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
