
Art
Exhibition
art gallery
children'S Art

This shows us that the world is in our own hands to make the change and be the change. Making deliberate decisions to make sure that our actions speak for the future.
By Cleo Pitman
Australia

By: Fayth Muliaina
Samoa

Turn the world around for a better future!
This art is designed to be viewed either way. Turn upside down for a better world with solar, less pollution, and happier youth.
By: Mya Wheatley
Australia

My art is about a picture of what is going on now and what will happen if we take care of our environment. Simply, it express a thought on how it is like to live peacefully with nature and how it is like to be against with natures power. My art is unique and very happy to show it to you.
By: Justiqa Osonis
Federated States of Micronesia

Disease and war kill each other .Why can't weall be happy together
By: Shanshui Fang
Fiji

I hope the world is as colorful as this colorful butterfly
By: Alice Fang
Fiji

The ocean will continue to rise and the turtles tangled in rubbish. The future is dark and stormy.
By: Ava Wheatley
Australia

My name is Billy Kolaoi and im 17 yr old, i was inspired by my beautiful atoll in solomon islands that is now currently sinking, this made me join this contest and to show the world that as a polynesian who is standing up for those who couldnt stand up for themselves.
By Billy Kolaoi
Solomon Islands
Youth Art

"My artwork is an expression of hope and despair from a youths perspective growing up in the face of climate change. It is a creative outlet after reading the latest findings by scientific studies regarding climate change. I have a small accompanying message with the artwork that I hope will both shock and inspire the viewers mindset with regards to this calamity:
We are committing matricide on a global scale.
Within a century our impacts may surpass that of the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Our choices in the next 10 years will directly influence how the next 1000 will go.
If we don’t slow emissions, agricultural expansion and overconsumption our grandchildren will live in a world without polar ice caps, without coral reefs, without coastal cities, without island nations, without half of the magnificent biodiversity on Earth today. Where 2 billion people are now climate refugees due to rising seas and temperatures. Where atmosphere pollution means the leading cause of respiratory disease is not smoking but simply breathing the outdoor air.
It is already too late to stop severe climate change, the fat lady has sung, however it is not too late to stop it getting worse, there is hope in the minds of the youth.
How we choose to buy, what we choose to eat and how we choose to vote in the coming years will determine whether our grandchildren get to grow up in a future utopia or another mad max movie…."
By: Jack Caldow
Australia

By Ashnal Bhawik Chand
Fiji

As you can see the whole idea behind my art work or drawing is a simple expression of experience, for me as a solomon islander facing one of the major pacific islands common threat which is sea level rise drowning my island. It also demonstrate how foreigners used my resource unwisely that the next generation will not afford to use, as like in our elders time of using our resource.
By: Gleason Puiahi
Solomon Islands

This artwork is an expression of how we are lost in our own country. The spaceman is basically us, showing how we've lost our connection to our very country's livelihood. I've used native Australian flowers in this piece and basic colouring to portray the rustic Australian earth.
By: Emily Wood
Australia

But, theres only one thing that Climate change can never change despite all that it could give us as result of all the changes it causes from the changing weather patterns and rising temperatures. Climate change will never change amd will never take away our"CULTURE"
Our culture lives and will be there as we all learn and pass on by heart to each generation.
We only need to be flexible to adapt to the new ecosystem and be able to use the new materials that we can continue our culture with for each generation that comes.
It is the way we pass on our stories of our strong culture that matters and nothing, no one and not even Climate change can ever take away The richness of our Kiribati Culture which will always survive as we pachange.ss it on through the different eras of climate
By: Katuatetang Ritimati
Kiribati

The painting depicts how the pacific islands are suffering from the effects of climate change. Natural disasters such as cyclones and hurricanes are frequently experienced in the pacific. All pacific islands are victims of sea-level rise, many islands are on their verge of vanishing. The painting portrays that the islands are weeping because they are being engulfed by the sea.
By: Rachna Anjani Lal
Fiji

By: Iona Margaret Janet Baura
Solomon Islands

By: Avitesh Vikash Ram
Fiji

The artwork represents that the earth is a ticking time bomb given the impacts of man acts that have led to climate change and the youths are standing together to stop the impacts, together we can stop the impacts of climate change and reverse the outcomes.
By: Rishita Kajol
Fiji

Furthermore, the second part of the painting describes what has happened when the trees are been replaced by building due to that the temperature of the atmosphere has increased (Global Warming) and resulted in climate change which includes storms, floods, heat waves, and droughts. When talking about the human right the right to have adequate housing ensures that people enjoy physical and mental health and live in a safe place in peace and dignity but due to flooding the people are highly affect, their house are washed away and they find it difficult to stay in a safe place and also the right to have rights such as sanitation, water, food, and healthcare are affected as due to droughts plants are unable to grow and people find it hard to have good health some gets sick and die. To conclude Climate Change in my country like Fiji and other countries has Negative Effects on Human Rights.
By: Yashmeet Kuar Singh
Fiji

Our human actions are gradually sinking our planet. The climate is getting hotter everyday due to the trapping of the heat by the excessive emission of carbon-dioxide into our atmosphere. The ice-bergs are melting and our planet is slowly going under sea due to the rising sea level. We should consider other industrial options that does not destroy our planet but sustain it. We must start now or we go down!
By: Jonathan Koh
Papua New Guinea
digital gallery

Arise Now
This video is a cry to depict the dark and sad state of our environment because of climate change and also because of the lack of action on it.it calls on us all to recognize that we have caused to this problem and there is a need for us to arise now.
By Sahil Chandra
Fiji

Nature, Water and Human Rights
For me as a young filmmaker here in the Solomon islands, I love my passion as filmmaker and photographer, I use my passion as a filmmaker to create stories and film them about issues and global climate change also advocate issues in my country .what inspired me to be creative in making this film ,I wanted to tell stories and film then to make change in my country ,as a freelance filmmaker I always wanted to be a change maker by using my passion and creative skill of filmmaker to make change in my country and in my village.
The story and video I created is about how important is water ,and how people connected to their land river and nature ,and some challenges they have face in their villager .and also contributing by climate change and affecting Human rights .There woman and children are also affected by the climate change and their rights.
By: Junior Patrick Kauha Makau
Solomon Islands
Act Now: Youth Against Climate Change
Due to my inability to sing, I tried to piece together dialogue and speech audio from assorted videos on YouTube in order to tell the message that would fit with the theme. I decided on having two "parts" of the song: one part tells of the severe impacts brought by climate change, and the other part tells about how youth have the power to fight against it. When creating the song, I tried to make it somewhat resemble that of a trailer's audio, and to do that, I prioritized the arrangement of the dialogue and speaking first, then made the actual music follow along. I went back and forth between many different ideas, unsure of how to proceed due to the atypical structure of the song. Though eventually, I managed to have a clear layout of the spoken words and a rough idea of how the music would play out. From there, I added a bit more elements, then mixed the song (adding effects to make sure the sounds of the music and the spoken audio didn't fight each other, making sure the volume of the song was mostly consistent, etc). After that, I got the opinions of my family members, made the necessary edits to the song, then started to fill the form while exporting the file! And that brings me here now.
By: Elwais Golbuu
Palau
literary gallery

Stop trashing the ocean, it has demolished my home!
Hello I am human I am dying of hunger!
Stop clearing the forests, the earth has taken back its fruit!
Hello I am human I am dying of thirst!
Stop dumping chemical wastes, the rivers have run dry!
Hello I am human I am scared for my life!
Stop mining the sea floor, the sea is swallowing my Island!
Hello I am human I cannot breathe!
Stop producing carbon dioxide, the air is getting thinner!
Hello I am human I’m being buried alive!
Stop mining the land, it is shattering the earth!
Hello we are humans! Let us help each other by saving our
world.
Vilousa Hahembe 19", Papua New Guniea

Its man-made and not from heaven
Be alert all times, this changes always bring madness
If you are not prepared it may lead you to sadness
We human have our rights
Cutting down trees and burning our environment is our pride
Keeping rubbish out of our sight
Making our surrounding clean and bright
Climate change is like a disease
Global wide is at risk
Selecting japan the place to meet
Exchanging views and thoughts and all their needs
Climate change can lead us to poverty
Lacking of knowledge and nobalty
Seeking advise from the authority
Think twice before polluting is the best policy
Yes surely our rights have no limit
Demolishing your environment one day you’ll need it
Save it for future generations is a good habit
Awareness and togetherness saves our world indeed
By: Isimeli Cakau Veutaki
Fiji

Men were and are the upperhand in my culture and it's something that always bothers me. I want to live in a country that recognizes women and children as equals and partners and that women and children can help in developing and change our countries for the better. No matter how we look like, dark or light, we must embrace our differences because that is what makes us Pacific islanders, and work together and fight for our beautiful Pacific Islands.
By Kathy Shila Pata
Vanuatu

The land is barren; no trees can be seen from afar
The sea no longer provides a calming breeze
But it has risen for the glaciers and icebergs no longer freeze
The mynah bird no longer sings its songs of content
Oh so searing, so scalded and burnt
What have we done to our planet home?
The air is dusty and full of fog
For we have produced waste that makes our airways clog
No longer are sea creatures safe
We have planned their deaths with our sewer in there domains
Fishermen return home with no catch for the day
His children are hungry as they pray
The food that was their right has been taken away
Who is to blame, no one but thee
We have dug our own graves, wasting resources thinking it’s free
Climate change is real; it’s no longer a mystery
It has snatched away homes and grounds of play
Tuvalu that was once a beautiful display
Is now the reality of climate change to this day
We weep silently as it slowly drowns away
Food is scarce, resources slowly fading into a thin streak
Once men ruled Earth but now our ego has reached its peak
Our machines and tools have dug so deep
Mountains are tumbling down that once stood steep
This is a warning, a sign telling us to make amends
Or else we will lose everything that stands
Spread the word, let the world know today
Climate change is true and time is slipping away
For the destructions we have caused are massive and immense
Let’s push together and let our voices be dense
For climate change is a grenade waiting to explode at your expense
By: Avinal Bhawik Chand
Fiji

It takes away human rights and human lives.
But aren’t we the main source of this climate crisis,
somehow we are caught between all this madness.
The world needs to wake up and see the damages
we’ve caused and the lives that are at cost.
And as Greta Thunberg has as said quote “this
pandemic is more than an illness , it is a sign of the
ailing health of our planet.
We all need to come to the realization that our
world’s nations , aren’t doing anything about this
information.
We need change and now that in this day and age
our environment won’t be safe.
So WAKE UP and SEE it’s already become REALITY.
People are losing their homes , all they are going to
do is stay low , nowhere to go and no place to call
home .
This generation is slowly dying and some others are
barely surviving.
The sea levels are rising ,our islands are sinking ,the
glaciers are melting , temperatures increasing.
With food and water shortages , people can’t pay
their mortgages.
It’s sad to see that some people don’t believe in
climate change , when is our biggest problem to
name.
We’ve been protesting but not much preventing
we’ve been posting but not much convincing.
By: Guale Mondo
Solomon Islands

In broad daylight
Dirtied and deranged
With my innocence ripped
Away from me
The innocent child in me dead
Because of the hungry animals in our society
Strangers turned their heads towards me
Staring blankly at me
With their unwavering emotions
And then
They'd look away
As if I wasn't there
Their ignorance tainted my heart
Their ignorance pained my heart
Their ignorance hurt my heart
But
They are strangers after all
And that's when I knew
No one cared
And that’s when I knew
How selfish humans were
All these streets filled with strangers
Hearts cold like the pavements walked on
In a world where
Prejudice Priests Prayed for Peace
People Prayed for Prosperity
Like the seagull
Strangled with plastic
The children
Strangled with expectations
Cunning Lions preyed in broad daylight
On the innocent children
On the innocence of defenseless children
On the innocence of vulnerable children
On the innocence of weak children
A loud cry is heard in a distance
No one even flinches
Somewhere in the dark
A woman let out a screeching scream
But no one heard it
She was in pain
But no one cared
She was beaten to death, ABUSED
And no one blinked an eye of remorse
No one felt guilt
She was cursed
No one stood up to protect Her
Turning a blind eye towards Her
Turning a blind eye towards injustice
When She rose
She brought hell fire with Her
Ice melted because of Her
People burned because of Her
Weather became unpredictable
Nature started taking revenge
She started taking Her revenge
Taking back what was rightfully Hers
She took back Her rights
She took back Her property
Everything Wrong
YET
Everything Right happened
Because of Her
Then everyone noticed
Not Her pain
They noticed their own sufferings
They noticed their own losses
They noticed their own pain
Then they started to Notice
It was Her own children that had done this to Her
Why would She care anymore?
It was Her own offspring
That did this to themselves
Why would She care anymore?
It was Her own children
That built empires after empires
Roads after roads
Factories after factories
Why would she CARE anymore?
Taking away from Her every single time
Taking away the Green
Building Grey
Taking away the Blue
Building Brown
They never gave Back to Her
They only took what they wanted
Greedy like Misers
Privileged become more Privileged
Poor become more Poor
From the corner that I stood
I watched all
With all my innocence taken away from me
We were both alike
Broken by our own
Exploited by who we called OURS
Both our innocence preyed upon
Both charred
Both used
Both hurt
She looked at me
I looked at Her
We stared
I was Her offspring
But nothing like the others
I was just an innocent child
She was the Mother
Then She came up to me
Embraced me in Her arms
Saying "It’s Okay" to let go
Saying “It’s Okay” to cry
Even after all her pain
She cared about the innocent
And then
She took me away from
These monsters
We called family
We called friends
Now called
Strangers.
By Divyanshi Vaishaly Chand
Fiji

Just because
I am young
I don’t understand
the impacts of your industries
and power plants
on my home.
Just because
I am a woman
I don’t feel
the pain of climate injustice.
Just because
I am a Pacific Islander
I don’t know
the hurt of being
colonized and
recolonized
all over again.
Just because
I don’t write a long speech
nor attend a UN meeting in New York
I don’t know how
to fight for what’s right.
Climate justice is the
least I ask of you!
By: Helava Muliaina
Samoa

I could tell you of the natural breeze,
but the earth is loosing its trees.
I could tell you of the long walks along the white
stretching beach,
but the sea will meet your feet instead
I could tell you of the days of sunshin,
but your days are overwhelmed with rain
Your eyes grew weary but it'll met mine with
light, and
I could show you the world through mine,
yet the reality disagreed
I would tell you about the cause,
but we'd choose to live rather than lost
Oh, what should I tell you?
The climate is changing,
But let not your lives be changed
Be the change!
By Juliana Abel
Vanuatu

I have heard one time too many,
Each time the “world” says that, my heart breaks,
Papua New Guinea, home to the Carteret Islands,
Home of the first climate change refugees,
I mean should I still call it home when it doesn’t feel like it,
Homes moved from where they once stood proud and tall,
Food cannot grow in places it once grew in,
And you say we have time... How can we?
My islands are submerging each day,
I am not ok but you say we have time...
You say we have time but in 2008,
26.4 million human beings displaced,
Lost their homes because of natural disasters,
Some which have never been seen in my grandfather’s time,
You say we have time but by 2050,
There will be a 20% increase in global hunger,
250, 000 deaths related to climate change,
And you say we have time?
Where is my right to a life?
You say we have time, but you have more landmass to know why I say the things I say,
Increased temperatures might mean you have longer summers,
Hooray for you,
But what about us, the little people?
1billion of us will face reduction to clean water supply,
And you say we have time to fix this,
62% of us will face health problems that our ancestors never saw,
We will die from curable diseases; we won’t have adequate supplies to help us,
And you say we have time,
You say we have time, but your reality is not mine,
You don’t have to help your mother move clothing and furniture out of the house because the
waves crashed through your door,
You don’t have to plant food and have new diseases popping up,
You have technology,
You can live a cashless life, while my existence relies on the cash life,
You might say let’s go organic, but I have been organic,
Your big planes, your cars, your barges, your rockets, your new inventions,
My ukulele and my laplap makes me complete,
Yet I suffer because of your great new discoveries,
Mi casa es su casa?
How can this be when my reality is a consequence of your actions,
While you say we have time,
My voice is not yours.
By: Vinzealhar Nen
Papua New Guinea

ballistic.
So soon the world will be very toxic.
Too toxic to drink from or wash in.
For the hydrosphere is clogging,
And the aquatic life is bogging.
But we ignore the act of
recycling.
Instead we keep up with the cycle of dumping.
Into the oceans, into the rivers and into the lakes.
And so, the natural resources are draining.
Human activities are very
drastic.
So soon the world will be toxic.
Too toxic to breathe from.
For the atmosphere is deflating,
And the greenhouse gases are inflating.
But we ignore the act of
reduction.
Instead we keep up with the productions.
More and more factories here and there.
And so, the temperatures are rising.
Human activities are very hectic.
So soon the world will be toxic.
Too toxic to grow crops on.
For the biosphere is drowning,
And the chemical residues are growing.
But we ignore the act of reusing.
Instead we keep up with the burning.
Burning to create and burning to get rid.
And so, the ice bergs are melting.
But human activities can be positive and basic.
The sooner we start, the world will be less toxic.
Less toxic for life to continue.
For our sphere is revolving,
And our future needs involving.
We need to start somewhere, somehow and sooner.
Reducing, recycling, reusing and conserving.
Because it is our right to live in a clean, safe and healthy environment.
But it is equally important we be responsible for this environment.
By: Lillian Tounokon
Papua New Guinea