Solomon Islands Project
Accelerate Climate Solutions has partnered with St. Nicholas School in Honiara, Solomon Islands to help build climate leaders in a country at the frontlines of climate change. By sharing experiences across the globe, young leaders are inspired to action.
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Solomon Islands Poetry
During the summer of 2025, Accelerate Climate Solutions worked with interns both locally and in the Solomon Islands, a country on the frontlines of climate change. On both sides of the globe, we tasked students with gathering stories from elders about the changing climate. Shirleen and Kurt, both created poems sharing their stories and their worries about the community's vulnerability to climate change.
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Solomon Islands Essays
Our five Solomon Islands interns also contributed essays based on their conversations with their elders.
Dear Future Generations by Emily Ofu
Letter to Future Generations by Kurt Elias
Comparison of environmental changes between now and in the past by May Tako
Dear Future Grandchild by Renta Leti
Climate Change in Solomon Islands by Shirleen Suruma
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Conversations around climate change often frame youth as
the primary voices of concern and activism, while older
generations are depicted as indifferent or resistant to change.
This generational divide, however, overlooks both the lived
experiences of elders and the shared anxieties of people across
generations and locations. This white paper challenges that
narrative by comparing climate perspectives in two regions: the
Solomon Islands and the United States’s Midwest.
