As a result of global warming and rising sea levels, already a quarter of the people of the South Pacific microstate of Tuvalu, with a population of only 12,000, have been forced to relocate to New Zealand as environmental refugees. Because ocean water has salinated all the land and fresh water sources, there have been shortages of food and drinkable water, setting off warning bells about the health of the remaining population.
位於西南太平洋上的迷你島國吐瓦魯，全國原有約 1 萬 2,000 人口，隨著全球暖化、海平面上升，如今已有四分之一的人民被迫撤往鄰近的紐西蘭，淪為環境難民；由於海水全面滲入導致土壤和淡水鹽化，也使得島上人民苦無足夠的糧食作物與飲用水，健康狀況已亮起紅燈。