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Music Foundations, investing in our common future. Welcome to the Good Faith podcast. I'm D.T. Slothman, and I want to share a story with you that gives some living, breathing, depth to our ongoing series Christians and climate change.

Out in the Pacific, there's a nation comprised of thin strips of land and wide stretches of water, so low to the sea that higher ground is almost an

idea, not a place. You've probably heard Tuvalu mentioned as a symbol of what climate change can do,

but it's easy for a name like that to float by as a headline until you hear from someone

living in the impact of climate change day by day. In a moment, you'll meet Tuol Pinova, the general secretary of the

Christian Church of Tuvalu. He's a leader, a theologian, and a steward of a community where

faith and daily life are tightly woven together. He's going to describe what Tuvalu looks like, what sustains

it, and what's starting to change on the land, in the sea, and in the choices families

are being forced to consider. This is not an argument. It's a witness. In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, the tide is turning for Tuvalu.

The tiny Pacific Island of Tubaloo is facing an urgent battle against rising seas.

This is a place that's often referred to as the ground zero when it comes to global climate crisis.

So one is right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

It is located to the north of Fiji. The land is more, it's like 26 square kilometres.

The highest point of the land is 2 meters above sea level.

No mountains, no volcanic lands out there.

It's just a flat land spreading and we have like eight

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