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Tuvalu residency and security treaty: what is it and why is Australia doing it?

The deal helps offset criticism from the Pacific about Australian emissions, but it also brings it into the western orbit and away from China

The Guardian - AU

Australia offers refuge to Tuvalu citizens affected by climate crisis in landmark deal

New climate-based immigration plan will grant visas to 280 Tuvalu nationals each year

The Independent UK

Australia offers refuge to Tuvalu citizens impacted by climate crisis in landmark agreement

Australia will allow 280 people a year to migrate from Tuvalu

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Australia offers to help Tuvalu residents escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change

Australia is offering the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms that climate change is bringing

The Independent UK

Australia to offer residency to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change

Anthony Albanese announces immigration plan with special visa category for people affected by rising sea levels in the vulnerable Pacific island nation

The Guardian - AU

Australia signs surprise pact with climate-hit Tuvalu

Anthony Albanese and Tuvaluan Prime Minister Kausea Natano have signed a surprise deal including migration pathways to Australia.

AAP

Fiji’s economy boomed after independence while Tuvalu destroys 'too wee' claim

THE island nations of Fiji and Tuvalu gained independence from British rule in October 1970 and 1978 respectively.

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Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean

Countries threatened by rising sea levels are asking a tribunal to decide on responsibility for pollution of the marine environment

The Guardian - UK

Tuvalu – how do you save a disappearing country?

The Pacific Islands country could be lost to rising sea levels in just 50 years. Now its citizens have come up with a surprising plan to preserve their nation

The Guardian - UK

‘We could lose our status as a state’: what happens to a people when their land disappears

Small island countries press for guarantees as rising sea levels risk leaving their citizens stateless

The Guardian - UK

Dancing, feasts and faith mark life on a vanishing island – Tuvalu photo essay

Music and laughter mix with the sound of waves crashing, a rhythm to life on a small atoll in the grip of the climate emergency

The Guardian - AU

Facing extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country

As the climate emergency threatens its existence, the tiny Pacific nation is not only trying to reclaim physical land but create a ‘twin’ to survive in future

The Guardian - AU

Climate talks a crucial test for sinking states fighting to survive

Climate negotiators are meeting for the first time since the world agreed a dedicated loss and damage fund to help vulnerable nations on the frontlines of climate change respond to climate shocks such as extreme weather and rising sea levels, which pose an existential threat.

Radio France Internationale

King's coronation draws apathy, criticism in former colonies

When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, soldiers carrying flags from the Bahamas, South Africa, Tuvalu and beyond will be marching alongside British troops to honor king and country

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Tuvalu's 'backup plan' to create a digital twin in the metaverse

Tuvalu says the impacts of climate change have forced it to create a digital copy of itself in the metaverse. But in the real world, not everyone's convinced.

AAP

Pacific blitz continues with New Caledonia, Tuvalu trip

All Pacific Islands Forum nations will have received Australia's top diplomat by the end of the week with Penny Wong set to visit New Caledonia and Tuvalu.

The Guardian - AU

‘Not about the highest bidder’: the countries defying China to stick with Taiwan

Taipei’s 13 allies cite differing reasons for choosing it over China as Beijing intensifies efforts to diplomatically isolate the island

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Energy Minister, Tuvalu Prime Minister Discuss Energy Cooperation

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman met with Prime Minister of Tuvalu Kausea Natano in Riyadh. During the meeting, the two officials discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, prospects for joint cooperation in energy fields, and ways to develop ties. They also reviewed the Kingdom's initiatives to preserve…

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Tuvalu prepares to recede into the sea

The small Pacific island aspires to maintain its sovereignty even as it disappears into the ocean

France 24

Pacific Island countries fight to ensure future before rising sea levels swallow them up

Although they contribute less than 0.03% of the world’s total carbon emissions, the Pacific Islands are at the front line of the climate crisis. Entire countries could be submerged under water within the next two to three decades. How are these island states fighting for their survival?

Fortune

This week in the metaverse: Best year yet for Web3 trademark filings, Cristiano Ronaldo NFTs, and 'the world's first digital nation'

While metaverse-related trademark filings were unheard of just a few years ago, trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis told Fortune it is now an essential part of many companies's strategies.

Fortune

A tiny country threatened by rising sea levels is uploading itself into the metaverse to guarantee its existence

“As our land disappears, we have no choice but to become the world’s first digital nation,” Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe told the COP27 climate summit.

Reuters

Tuvalu turns to the metaverse as rising seas threaten existence

Tuvalu said on Tuesday it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific island nation.

The Guardian - UK

Tuvalu first to call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at Cop27

Pacific islands nation, which is acutely vulnerable to sea level rises, joins nearby Vanuatu in seeking phase-out of coal, oil and gas

The Guardian - UK

‘It was like an apocalyptic movie’: 20 climate photographs that changed the world

They are the images that made us sit up and take notice. As world leaders gather for Cop27, these pictures prove that global heating isn’t a distant possibility – it’s already here

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