The scene is set for fraught negotiations at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt over who should pay for climate damage.
Rich countries are slowly acknowledging they should contribute for the loss and damage to developing countries, including in the Pacific, who are already being walloped by climate change.
University of Canterbury Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies research manager Doctor Christina Tausa recently returned from a two-week research trip to Samoa where she interviewed at least 20 families about the impact of climate change and the adaptations they are making.
She spoke to Mani Dunlop.