Newtok, Alaska, was supposed to be a model for climate relocation. So what went wrong? Listen to kyukmedia and ProPublica reporter emilyeschwing explain how the challenges of moving the town off a bed of thawing permafrost highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable. “The fact that we don’t have a government framework for dealing with these issues is not just an Alaska problem, it’s a national problem,” one climate adaptation consultant told us. 🔗 Tap the link in bio to read more. Story co-published with washingtonpost Photography by Ash Adams for The Washington Post. #climatechange #climaterelocation #climaterefugees #newtok #mertarvik #alaska #indigenous #indigenousalaskan #yupik