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Tuvalu stops play in Copenhagen by demanding legally-binding agreement
Posted by jamie on 9 December 2009.
A couple of hours ago, we heard that the plenary session had been suspended. Tuvalu, the Pacific island nation so vulnerable to climate change, demanded a legally-binding agreement - not in six or 12 months, but at the end of the conference next week. It's a demand that should not, and can not, be ignored.
This goes to the heart of one of the most important questions hanging over Copenhagen and yet a group of industrialised countries - the US, Japan, Canada and the EU - stayed completely silent. Nothing. Not a whisper.
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Pacific nation fears devastation from the ocean
Posted by bex on 20 July 2001.
wave energy: a green and sustainable energy resource
A tiny South Pacific nation is planning to evacuate the islands because of rising sea levels. Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand for help in resettling its 11,000 people. The government says the islands may be engulfed in 50 years.
A Tuvaluan government spokesman says New Zealand has agreed to help but there have been no guarantees from Australia.