The Bishop of Polynesia has made an urgent call for prayer after visiting the island of Tuvalu in the Pacific.
Archbishop Winston Halapua said that on his visit he saw children wandering the streets because their schools have closed due to water shortages.
Sea water has contaminating drinking wells on the island, and also poisoned traditional food sources such as breadfruit, banana and coconut trees.
The Archbishop said that his visit to the island provided him proof of the problem of rising sea levels.
“For me, to go to Tuvalu – that’s all the information that I need,” he said.
“For me, seeing is believing. What I have seen is the reality of sea rising.”
The Archbishop added that immediate relief is only a “tiny part of the story”.
“The bigger story is this: please do something about climate change,” he said.
Archbishop Halapua urged Christians all over the globe to pray for rain in Tuvalu, climate change and rising sea levels.