Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island

Rising sea levels threaten homes in Panama, but not everyone wants to leave.

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There is silence, except for the swish of his broom across the floor of the small museum he runs documenting the life of his community in Panama, the Guna.

"Before, you could hear children shouting… music everywhere, neighbours arguing," he says, "but now all the sounds have gone".

His community, living on the tiny low-lying island of Gardi Sugdub, is the first in Panama to be relocated because of climate change.

The government has said they face "imminent risk" from rising sea levels, which scientists say are likely to render the island uninhabitable by 2050.

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