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Tuvalu PM says climate change 'like weapon of mass destruction'
2014-08-15 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga likened the impact of climate change on Pacific island nations to "a weapon of mass destruction" Friday, saying strong global leadership on the issue was needed. File photo taken in February 2004 shows the South Pacific pounding the coastline of Tuvalu's Funafuti Atoll as king tides caused by climate change threaten the tiny island nation - by Torsten Blackwood Sopoaga said a UN-sponsored summit on climate change in New York next month was a chance to set...
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Tuvalu climate change family win NZ residency appeal
2014-08-03 00:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Zealand Herald: A Tuvalu family has been granted New Zealand residency after claiming it would be affected by climate change if it returned home. It is the first successful application for residency on humanitarian grounds in which climate change has featured, but the Immigration and Protection Tribunal said the family had strong ties to New Zealand. Environmental law expert Vernon Rive said the tribunal would be keen to avoid opening the floodgates to other climate change refugee claims. The international...
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Pacific island states pushed aside in race for UN funds: Tuvalu
2014-03-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tiny Pacific island nations, among those hardest hit by climate change, are being outmuscled by larger states in the race to get U.N. funds earmarked for climate change adaptation, Tuvalu's minister of natural resources said on Wednesday. At a meeting in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator where land-locked developing countries and small island states debated how to ensure future food security amid hotter weather and rising sea-levels, Tuvalu Natural Resources Minister Elisala Pita slammed the U.N.'s...
Tuvalu ready to support Marshall Islands in climate change leadership
2013-09-05 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Islands Business: Tuvalus Prime Minister, Enele Sopoaga says he is ready to assist Marshall Islands in providing leadership on climate change, in the international arena. Enele Sopoaga, who is no stranger to international climate change negotiations, told PACNEWS the Pacific will need the support of other Small Island Developing States to promote the proposed Majuro Declaration. He led Tuvalus climate change negotiations during his term as the island nations top diplomat at the United Nations in New York. Tuvalu...
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