Global temperatures are inching closer to 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming and global greenhouse gas emissions continue to be on the rise, according to the 2022 International Panel on Climate Change report. Of these increases in emissions, the report explains, Small Island Developing States are responsible for a “negligible” quantity. Despite their minimal contributions to climate change, small islands are highly vulnerable to its effects, the United Nations said. As climate change’s worst impacts come closer to being reality, small islands have turned to digital preservation as they face the possibility of being wiped from the physical plane.