Tuvalu PM told global emitters that the success of the COP depends entirely on their commitment and readiness to help. “Tuvalu, and other low-lying atoll nations, are sinking and our land is fast disappearing.”
Category: Tuvalu
Disappearing islands force Tuvalu to demand compensation from world polluters
Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda signed a pact to hold large nations accountable for climate change damage.
Atoll nation of Tuvalu adopts ‘cubes’ to step up nutritious food production
The new farming method gives Tuvalu food growers greater control over their harvests and strengthens their food security
Tuvalu communities face climate drought disaster
To support Tuvalu Red Cross with their drought early action, IFRC has released an emergency relief fund
Protecting traditional knowledge, a priority for Tuvalu’s biodiversity
The two day workshop highlighted the issues about the Nagoya Protocol’s implementation in Tuvalu
Tuvalu regressing on climate change
Tuvalu’s endorsement of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) ignores the country’s initiatives to protect itself from climate change, says the island nation’s Opposition Leader
Former Tuvalu PM hits out at U.S and Australian climate inaction
Tuvalu is a tiny Pacific Island nation that is witnessing the rising sea level on daily basis
Tuvalu wields new data in the fight against climate change
If you’ve been following the news related to COVID-19, you will have heard the mantra “testing, testing, testing”. The understanding is, if we don’t know how the virus is spreading, how can we possibly contain or manage it? When you think about it, the same logic applies to climate change – how can we possibly […]
Atoll nations declare their rights to remain in their islands
I will not leave the lands of my ancestors! I will not abandon my motherland! I refuse to leave the only place I call home!” These were the words of 21-year-old youth and future leader of Kiribati, Ms. Tabitha Awerika, at a side event organised by the Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CAN-CC), […]
Pacific island nations at the climate talks: Leave no one behind
Describing climate change as one of the greatest threats to their survival, leaders of the sinking countries in the Pacific region urged the international community at the 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) to urgently act and avert climate crisis. “ We are clearly on the frontline of climate change. They are realities for countries in […]