Climate Change Legislation in Tuvalu - An excerpt from The 2015 Global Climate Legislation Study, A review of climate change legislation in 99 countries

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CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION IN TUVALU AN EXCERPT FROM The 2015 Global Climate Legislation Study A Review of Climate Change Legislation in 99 Countries Michal Nachmany, Sam Fankhauser, Jana Davidová, Nick Kingsmill, Tucker Landesman, Hitomi Roppongi, Philip Schleifer, Joana Setzer, Amelia Sharman, C. Stolle Singleton, Jayaraj Sundaresan and Terry Townshend www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/legislation/ http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/legislation/Climate Change Legislation – Tuvalu 2 Tuvalu Legislative Process Tuvalu is a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, represented by a Governor General, and the Prime Minister as head of government. The current constitution was enacted in 1986 and amends a previous constitution adopted in 1978 upon independence. As there are no political parties, Tuvalu is a de facto non-partisan democracy. The unicameral parliament follows the Westminster system of representati