With hundreds of speakers on the running order, it's going to take a lot to make your message stand out at the United Nations' COP26 climate summit.

So the Pacific nation of Tuvalu took an innovative approach this week to express the dangers it faces due to the effects of the climate crisis - and it's gone viral on social media.Photos of the film shoot received widespread attention and praise on social media.

In a pre-recorded statement shot by public broadcaster TVBC, Foreign Minister Simon Kofe addressed cameras while knee-deep in the ocean to highlight the sea level rises affecting Pacific nations such as his.

The video has also drawn comparisons to a 2009 demonstration by the government of the Maldives, which held a cabinet meeting underwater in scuba gear to show the dangers of rising sea levels.

A speech from young Samoan climate activist Brianna Fruean also went viral on social media earlier this week.

Ms Fruean told delegates young Pacific islanders have been hard at work pushing for greater climate action from world leaders.

“We are not just victims to this crisis. We have been resilient beacons of hope. Pacific youth have rallied behind the cry: 'We are not drowning. We are fighting.” she said.

Tuvalu and climate change :

"Tuvalu is sinking” is the local catch-all phrase for the effects of climate change on this tiny island archipelago on the frontline of global warming. A Polynesian country situated in Oceania, is no more than a speck in the Pacific ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia.

The fourth smallest nation in the world, Tuvalu is home to just 11,000 people, most of whom live on the largest island of Fongafale, where they are packed in fighting for space. Tuvalu’s total land area accounts for less than 26 sq km.

Already, two of Tuvalu’s nine islands are on the verge of going under, swallowed by sea-rise and coastal erosion. Most of the islands sit barely three metres above sea level, and at its narrowest point, Fongafale stretches just 20m across

Scientists predict Tuvalu could become uninhabitable in the next 50 to 100 years. Locals say they feel it could be much sooner.