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The impacts of the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution is evident in every aspect of life in Tuvalu. While the rising Pacific Ocean threatens shelters and homes of communities across the narrow coastline of the atoll nation, soil salination has adversely affected the land and non-resistant food plants such as taro, bananas, breadfruits, and vegetable gardens. Mr Siliako Letueti and his family who are amongst less than 12,000 residents in the country have seen and experienced the impacts of this scenario over the years.