24 Hours of Reality 2017: Weight of the World (Kiribati)

(www.24hoursofreality.org/) Before the 2016 Rio Olympics, few outside Kiribati knew how climate change was threatening the beautiful chain of Pacific Islands. Olympic weightlifter David Katoatau set out to change that with a dance that called the world’s attention to the rising seas threatening to swallow his home, inspiring a new generation of Kiribati activists to call on the world to respond.