If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you supposed to go on these islands? There is none. The highest ground is four-meters (around 13 feet) above sea level, meaning you'd be safer in a coconut tree. How, though, are you supposed to get your grandfather, grandmother and grandchildren up there?
Sometimes I wonder if there is really goodwill in the world to worry about saving human beings, or whether we are just using that as camouflage for o… - Enele Sopoaga
Sometimes I wonder if there is really goodwill in the world to worry about saving human beings, or whether we are just using that as camouflage for o…
- Enele Sopoaga
If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you suppose… - Enele Sopoaga
If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you suppose…
Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a tragic future. - Enele Sopoaga
Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a tragic future.
Tuvalu's future at current levels of global warming is already bleak. Any further temperature increase will spell its total demise. - Enele Sopoaga
Tuvalu's future at current levels of global warming is already bleak. Any further temperature increase will spell its total demise.
People living on atolls like Tuvalu are among the world's most threatened populations. - Enele Sopoaga
People living on atolls like Tuvalu are among the world's most threatened populations.
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