"Tuvalu's climate change minister tells Al Jazeera his country is exploring new ways to survive rising sea levels and needs help to build protective sea walls now. Tuvalu's Minister of Climate Change Maina Talia has told Al Jazeera that his country is fighting to stay above rising sea levels and needs real commitments from other countries that will allow Tuvaluans to stay in Tuvalu as the climate crisis worsens."
"Coming from a country that is barely not one metre above the sea, reclaiming land and building sea walls and building our resilience is the number one priority for us, Talia told Al Jazeera in an interview during the recent United Nations General Assembly in New York. We cannot delay any more. Climate finance is important for our survival, Talia said."
Tuvalu is exploring new ways to survive rising sea levels and urgently needs help to build protective sea walls and reclaim land. The nation's Minister of Climate Change, Maina Talia, said maintaining sovereignty and enabling Tuvaluans to remain in their homeland requires real commitments from other countries. Tuvalu sits barely one metre above sea level across nine atolls and islands, making immediate resilience-building the number one priority. Climate finance is an urgent survival necessity, not a long-term project, and will be a key issue at the upcoming COP30 climate meeting in Belem. Tuvalu criticizes current COP dynamics and seeks stronger international support.
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