Sea level rise, due to climate change has had a real and urgent impact on the communities living on the island in the Torres Straits, off the coast of Australia. Rising waters have mean danger to livelihoods, homes and culture. Faced with this, the Indigenous communities raised an alarm. The Torres Islanders, including children, filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee against their Australian government’s failure to adapt to climate change, upgrading seawalls on the islands and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Committee ruled in favour of the Islanders.