Pre-COP Host Tuvalu at Frontline of Climate Change
Tuvalu leaders said rising seas have already swamped two coral atolls and could make the nation uninhabitable by century's end.
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Tuvalu dying ecosystem on front line of climate change
When leaders visit the coral atolls that form the Pacific nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday, they will find a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change.The pre-Conference of the Parties (COP) gathering, hosted by Fiji ahead of the annual UN climate conference in Turkey, has been billed as the
The pre-COP31 meeting in Fiji, which is preparing for the major UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, in November, is seen as an opportunity to show the world the damage that climate change is inflicting on the South Pacific. Leaders also have to spend a day in Tuvalu, a low-altitude atoll at more than 800 kilometres north of Fiji. A sea heat wave in 2024 has wiped out about 99.9% of the corals behind the formation of the archipelago, accord…
The COP29 Presidency is in Fiji and Tuvalu to participate in Pre-COP31 meetings and witness first-hand the realities of climate change faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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