We’re Wadhuam Pabai and Wadhuam Paul, Guda Maluyligal men from the Torres Strait. We’re taking the Australian government to court to save our island homes.
Climate change isn’t just a problem for people in the Torres Strait – it affects all of us. If our case is successful, everyone in Australia will reap the benefits.
We’re sharing our climate story in court. Will you share your story and help us demand real climate action from the government?
Hundreds of people from across the country are sharing their stories to send a clear message to the Australian government - it's time for real action on climate change.
Every story appears as a point on this map. Click around to read how climate change is affecting our communities, and add your own story to the map.
In 1999, after 20 years away from home, I came back to Boigu and it was very different. We lost our waterfront beaches - they had all washed away. Even our camping grounds were gone, now they are much further in from the mangroves. These were the places we used to yarn and play, fish, hunt, and garden - all gone. So much has changed.
Read my storyPeople all across Australia are being harmed by climate change. These are some of their stories.
We acknowledge the Guda Maluyligal people and pay our respect to the tens of thousands of years of stories and community life and to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge that the legal system has been and continues to be used to oppress First Nations communities, and we will continue to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and movements to challenge injustice. Blak lives matter.