Protests have been taking place on some of the Pacific island nations most under threat from the climate crisis.

The nation of Kiribati may be the first country to disappear under the rising sea levels of climate change. Its people fear their homeland may become the world's next Atlantis.

Tuvalu is also facing the dire impacts of a changing climate right now.

The country already struggles with the rising sea. Between January and March, its seasonal “king tides” cause severe flooding, and it’s been that way for decades.

Earlier this year, CNN visited Tuvalu to see how locals are coping with climate change.

Last month, Australia thwarted a push by Pacific Island nations for more action on the climate crisis in an emotional forum at which one leader broke down in tears.

Australia, New Zealand and 16 Pacific Island nations held talks at the Pacific Island Forum in the tiny island nation of Tuvalu on Thursday, eventually reaching an agreement after a 12-hour meeting.

But the final declaration was weaker than an earlier agreement by smaller Pacific countries, which called for a rapid phasing out of coal and higher emission reduction targets.