Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
German watch
Publication Year:
2004
Publication Place
Bonn, Germany
Physical Description:
19 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36066
Legacy PEIN ID:
76069
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climate change - Tuvalu
Sea level rise - Tuvalu
Greenhouse effect - Tuvalu
Abstract
"We dont want to leave this place. We dont want to leave, its our land, our God given land, it is our culture, we cant leave. People wont leave until the very last minute. With these dramatic words, Paani Laupepa, the former assistant secretary at Tuvalu's Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, expressed the feelings of many Tuvaluans when it comes to the worst-case scenario of climate change and its effects on small island nations. The scenarios and warnings of international scientist on climate change and its inevitable consequences must be like a constant Damocles Sword for the inhabitants of Tuvalu. For the 21st century, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that there will be a warming of global temperatures and a rise of the sea level by up to almost one meter.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
German watch
Publication Year:
2004
Publication Place
Bonn, Germany
Physical Description:
19 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36066
Legacy PEIN ID:
76069
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 15-Oct-2009
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022