Case study of Rita Reimaanlok

Western representations of "disappearing island nations" are often characterized by unhelpful alarmism and assumptions of inevitable resettlement. In recent years, climate vulnerability researchers in the Marshall Islands have devised communication strategies that present their findings while avoiding the negative connotations. In the community of Rita the residents have enacted an ambitious climate change resilience program to demonstrate the necessity and feasibility of culturally sensitive, community-based approaches to meeting the environmental challenges of the 21st century.