In Poland, the United Nations conference on climate change has entered its third day. On Tuesday, Ursula Rakova, an activist from the Carteret Islands in the Pacific, called on the UN to help island nations being affected by rising sea levels caused by global warming.

Ursula Rakova: “So far, reports have said that the islands will be completely submerged underwater between the next ten to fifteen years… The message to the leaders in this conference is that they will need to look at smaller communities, especially in the Pacific, who are going underwater. We need help so that we can relocate our people to enable them to live a sustainable life in the future.”

Meanwhile, Greenpeace activists scaled a 500-foot-high chimney at a coal-fired power plant in Poland on Tuesday.

Maciej Muskat: “Our climbers are climbing the chimney behind me to demand the change of the energy policy of Poland and to demand from Polish government to stop blocking the EU climate package.”