The effects of climate change are already occurring around the world today, when it's happening right before your eyes its pretty difficult to deny how climate change is going to impact our world in the most detrimental ways. The island paradises are under attack by the destabilising forces of climate change, the extreme rising sea levels and forceful storms are ruining the most beautiful locations on earth, and soon they will be gone from our earth forever. These aren't just beautiful landscapes, these are peoples homes, and they are being forced to relocated. A collection of reef islands between Hawaii and Australia named Tuvalu are at mercy to saltwater intrusion and are threatened to being completely submerged by water. The rising sea levels have already made is difficult to grow traditional crops and has turned the rainfall into an unreliable source of drinking water. The investments in freshwater storage systems and makeshift bulwarks won't be enough to save these places, where the average land height is only 2 metres about sea level. According to The Guardian , these islands will likely be under water by the end of the century. Families are already seeking refuge in other countries due to climate change and overpopulation, which has made life unsustainable on their native islands. One family was granted legal residency in New Zealand, which is a landmark because of the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees which states that climate change is not a valid factor for refugee status. However, the population of Tuvalu are not the only ones at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods due to climate change. With the current and future prediction effects of climate change, an increase of climate refugees is surely on its way. In another blog I wrote about the heartbreaking story of Ursula Rakova, who is just one of the people around the world losing their homes to climate change. Due to climactic changes where her home is being submerged by rising sea levels she is now in the process of relocating her family from the Papua New Guinean island of Tulun to the nearby island of Bougainville. Being a woman in her community, her main responsibilities is food: farming, foraging, fishing and preparation. With the rising sea levels nothing can grow there except for rice, which is not part of the normal diet. The land is incurable, thus the shift Rakova must go through. And, of course, it is not solely island residents being forced to relocate, this is evident in 2010 during the Pakistani floods, which caused one of the largest displacement events in the last decade. Or how about the drought that California faces today, threatening to become a megadrought which will cause major dislocation. But I also wrote in the other blog, "Out of sad story, comes empowerment to make a change!" And this is true. It's not too late, we can still turn things around and deter the dangerous effects of climate change. It's up to everyone to change the way they live in their daily lives in order to fight climate change. But it is also up to those in power to make drastic changes to those who are already needing refuge from the drastic conditions of anthropogenic climate change.