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Rising Seas To Cost Pacific Island Nations $10 Billion - Their 20-Year GDP
Adapting to a sea level rise of up to 0.5 metres (1.64 feet) will cost the three most vulnerable Pacific atoll nations nearly $10 billion - equivalent to about 20 years of gross domestic product - the World Bank said in a report on Thursday.
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Disappearing Island Nation Of Tuvalu To Replicate Itself In Metaverse: 5 Points
Tuvalu, a small island nation in South Pacific, has come up with a unique solution to survive climate change. It is turning to the Metaverse to become the world's first digital country. But what does that mean? Read on to know more.
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Tuvalu Looks to Metaverse to Preserve History, Culture as Rising Seas Threaten Existence
Tuvalu, the tiny Pacific island nation that is threatened by rising sea levels, plans to build a digital version of itself, Foreign Minister Simon Kofe said on Tuesday. The country will be the first country to replicate itself in the metaverse but follows both the city of Seoul and the island nation of Barbados which last year said they would enter...
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These Countries Have Zero Covid Cases, Says WHO. See List
The list used to be longer a few months ago, but the situation has now changed. Tonga and Cook Islands are not part of it anymore.
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Tuvalu Minister Films Speech Thigh-Deep In Ocean To Depict Climate Change
Tuvalu's foreign minister has given a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line of climate change.
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A Speech Filmed In Sea To Show Climate Change. Courtesy: Tuvalu Minister
Tuvalu's foreign minister Simon Kofe has given a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line of climate change.
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This Tiny Island Nation of 11,000 People Is Cashing in Thanks to Its .tv TLD
Tuvalu is a chain of coral atolls and reef islands with a population of about 11,000. Before gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1978, Tuvalu was part of Britain's Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate.
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'Sinking' Pacific Nation Is Getting Bigger: Study
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels is actually growing in size, new research shows.
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UN Chief Warns Paris Talks of Climate Catastrophe
Time is running out to avert "a climate catastrophe," UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned today as ministers opened a frenetic week of talks in Paris to forge a 195-nation accord to brake global warming.
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Pacific Island Countries Key to India's 'Act East' Policy: President Pranab Mukherjee
Economic linkages and co-operation with Pacific island countries are key factors in India's extended 'Act East' policy, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.
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Rising Seas To Cost Pacific Island Nations $10 Billion - Their 20-Year GDP
Adapting to a sea level rise of up to 0.5 metres (1.64 feet) will cost the three most vulnerable Pacific atoll nations nearly $10 billion - equivalent to about 20 years of gross domestic product - the World Bank said in a report on Thursday.
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Disappearing Island Nation Of Tuvalu To Replicate Itself In Metaverse: 5 Points
Tuvalu, a small island nation in South Pacific, has come up with a unique solution to survive climate change. It is turning to the Metaverse to become the world's first digital country. But what does that mean? Read on to know more.
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Tuvalu Looks to Metaverse to Preserve History, Culture as Rising Seas Threaten Existence
Tuvalu, the tiny Pacific island nation that is threatened by rising sea levels, plans to build a digital version of itself, Foreign Minister Simon Kofe said on Tuesday. The country will be the first country to replicate itself in the metaverse but follows both the city of Seoul and the island nation of Barbados which last year said they would enter...
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These Countries Have Zero Covid Cases, Says WHO. See List
The list used to be longer a few months ago, but the situation has now changed. Tonga and Cook Islands are not part of it anymore.
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Tuvalu Minister Films Speech Thigh-Deep In Ocean To Depict Climate Change
Tuvalu's foreign minister has given a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line of climate change.
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A Speech Filmed In Sea To Show Climate Change. Courtesy: Tuvalu Minister
Tuvalu's foreign minister Simon Kofe has given a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line of climate change.
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This Tiny Island Nation of 11,000 People Is Cashing in Thanks to Its .tv TLD
Tuvalu is a chain of coral atolls and reef islands with a population of about 11,000. Before gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1978, Tuvalu was part of Britain's Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate.
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'Sinking' Pacific Nation Is Getting Bigger: Study
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels is actually growing in size, new research shows.
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UN Chief Warns Paris Talks of Climate Catastrophe
Time is running out to avert "a climate catastrophe," UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned today as ministers opened a frenetic week of talks in Paris to forge a 195-nation accord to brake global warming.
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Pacific Island Countries Key to India's 'Act East' Policy: President Pranab Mukherjee
Economic linkages and co-operation with Pacific island countries are key factors in India's extended 'Act East' policy, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.
