Local boy Ratukali Madanawa, 8, takes a break from diving in the sea at Serua Village, Fiji, July 14, 2022. As the community runs out of ways to adapt to the rising Pacific Ocean, the 80 villagers face the painful decision whether to move. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Local resident Lusiana Suluweti walks the road from the inland relocated village site to the abandoned old village site by the sea to go fishing in Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 18, 2022. Fiji, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, in 2014 became the first Pacific island nation to relocate a community because of rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Seawater floods past an ineffective sea wall into the community of Veivatuloa Village, Fiji, July 16, 2022. Leaders of 15 low-lying Pacific island nations declared climate change their "single greatest existential threat" at a mid-July summit in Fiji's capital, Suva. Facing some of the most direct effects of climate change, they want developed nations, who contributed the most to global warming, not only to curb their emissions but to pay for the steps that islanders must take to protect their people from rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Locally harvested sea cucumbers cook in a pot in Serua Village, Fiji, July 14, 2022. As the community runs out of ways to adapt to the rising Pacific Ocean, the 80 villagers face the painful decision whether to move. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Local resident Semisi Madanawa, 38, drives his boat from Serua Island to the mainland at high tide, while looking after Monika Betomakita, 11, who joined for the outing, at Serua Village, Fiji July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH “ELLIOTT FIJI SEA” FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “WIDER IMAGE” FOR ALL STORIES.

Unaisi Baleisuva sits on the remnants of an old home abandoned to rising seas while fishing with fellow local residents Losalini Matakitoga and Akisi Sukanaca at the former site of Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 19, 2022. Fiji, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, in 2014 became the first Pacific island nation to relocate a community because of rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Retired local resident David Tuimalawai prays with fellow community members during a Sunday church service in Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 17, 2022. Leaders of 15 low-lying Pacific island nations declared climate change their "single greatest existential threat" at a mid-July summit in Fiji's capital, Suva. Facing some of the most direct effects of climate change, they want developed nations, who contributed the most to global warming, not only to curb their emissions but to pay for the steps that islanders must take to protect their people from rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Local resident Emi Lawai feeds 9-month-old Jo Sorowai, as sister-in-law Naomi Dakai, a resort worker, looks after son Micah Dakai, 3, and her friend's daughter Sera Drenauna, 5, at home in the coastal community of Vunaniu Village, Fiji, July 13, 2022. Fiji, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, in 2014 became the first Pacific island nation to relocate a community because of rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Community members gather for a Sunday church service in Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 17, 2022. Leaders of 15 low-lying Pacific island nations declared climate change their "single greatest existential threat" at a mid-July summit in Fiji's capital, Suva. Facing some of the most direct effects of climate change, they want developed nations, who contributed the most to global warming, not only to curb their emissions but to pay for the steps that islanders must take to protect their people from rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Local resident Selai Uluivuya fishes with a hand-line in an abandoned graveyard flooded by a high tide at Togoru Village, Fiji, July 12, 2022. Leaders of 15 low-lying Pacific island nations declared climate change their "single greatest existential threat" at a mid-July summit in Fiji's capital, Suva. Facing some of the most direct effects of climate change, they want developed nations, who contributed the most to global warming, not only to curb their emissions but to pay for the steps that islanders must take to protect their people from rising sea levels. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Local resident Roemoni Tubivuna departs for a fishing outing with his grandsons at Veivatuloa Village, Fiji, July 16, 2022. Leaders of 15 low-lying Pacific island nations declared climate change their "single greatest existential threat" at a mid-July summit in Fiji's capital, Suva. Facing some of the most direct effects of climate change, they want developed nations, who contributed the most to global warming, not only to curb their emissions but to pay for the steps that islanders must take to protect their people from rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Local resident Roemoni Tubivuna and his grandson Roemoni Tubivuna Jr., 10, prepare a fishing net for an outing, as their boat rests against a flooded sea wall no longer effective at preventing water intrusion into their community at high tide, in Veivatuloa Village, Fiji, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

The moon rises over Serua Village, Fiji, July 13, 2022. As the community runs out of ways to adapt to the rising Pacific Ocean, the 80 villagers face the painful decision whether to move. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Local girl Tokasa Robanakadavu, 10, wades through seawater flooding her community during high tide in Serua Village, Fiji, July 15, 2022. As the community runs out of ways to adapt to the rising Pacific Ocean, the 80 villagers face the painful decision whether to move. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Local children play along a sea wall that no longer stops the intrusion of water at higher tides in Serua Village, Fiji July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH “ELLIOTT FIJI SEA” FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “WIDER IMAGE” FOR ALL STORIES.

Children get off a school bus as they return home for the day to the new relocated site of Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 20, 2022. Fiji, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, in 2014 became the first Pacific island nation to relocate a community because of rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A view of the inland relocated site of Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 18, 2022. Fiji, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, in 2014 became the first Pacific island nation to relocate a community because of rising sea levels. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Local resident Adi Latianara and niece Tokasa Robanakadavu, 10, prepare cassava root for eating in Serua Village, Fiji, July 14, 2022. As the community runs out of ways to adapt to the rising Pacific Ocean, the 80 villagers face the painful decision whether to move. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

The inside of an abandoned home is seen at the former site of Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 19, 2022. Fiji, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, in 2014 became the first Pacific island nation to relocate a community because of rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

The inside of an abandoned home is seen at the former site of Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, July 18, 2022. Fiji, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, in 2014 became the first Pacific island nation to relocate a community because of rising sea levels. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT FIJI SEA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.