Life in Kivalina village in Alaska

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

Kivalina is a small village found at the very end of a twelve-kilometre barrier reef located between a lagoon and the Chukchi Sea, with no roads linking it to the mainland © Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

Global warming and coastal erosion threaten the island Kivalina sits on. The village has thus become a symbol of the effects of climate change © Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

Kivalina from above © Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

Villager Rhonda Norton © Joe Raedle/Getty

Life in Kivalina Alaska

Harold Booth holds his niece © Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

John Wesley peering out of his window © Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

Russel Adams is an artist who makes jewellery and other objects out of beluga whale bones © Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

Children stroll along the channel that links the lagoon to the Chukchi Sea © Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Life in Kivalina, Alaska

A rainbow of hope over Kivalina gives strength to the villagers. They don't want to give up but need help and support from the international community © Joe Raedle/Getty Images