Sun Come Up was on the cover of the New York Times global edition included in an article written by Neil MacFarquhar about climate refugees and a UN resolution that links climate change to international peace and security.
Here’s an excerpt from the article: “Jennifer Redfearn, a documentary maker, has been filming the gradual disappearance of the Carterets for a work called “Sun Come Up.” One clan chief told her he would rather sink with the islands than leave. It now takes only about 15 minutes to walk the length of the largest island, with food and water supplies shrinking all the time.”
“It destroys our food gardens, it uproots coconut trees, it even washes over the sea walls that we have built,” Ms. Rakova says on the film. “Most of our culture will have to live in memory.”
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