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Leaders visit Pacific atoll Tuvalu at front line of climate change
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Over a dozen leaders visited the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu on Oct 6 for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out owing to climate change.
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The getaway took place on the sidelines of the Pacific “pre-COP” gathering hosted by Fiji and aimed at drawing the world’s attention to life on the front line of global warming.
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The meetings are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit, known as COP31, to be held in Turkey in November.
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The South Pacific is among the regions of the world most vulnerable to global warming – from rising seas jeopardising homes to increasing temperatures causing coral bleaching.
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Tuvalu is deeply affected, already laying plans to relocate its population of 10,600 if the country is consumed by the ocean.
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But only a handful of leaders – mostly from the Pacific – showed up to visit the atoll.
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Among them was Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose country is head of climate negotiations in 2026 but has faced accusations of hypocrisy given its role as a major coal exporter.
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Hundreds of people donning traditional dress, flower tiaras and umbrellas to shield themselves from the heavy rain gathered to greet the leaders, who were accompanied by a small media delegation including AFP news agency.
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The group then toured the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project, a landmark land reclamation effort that aims to mitigate the impact of rising sea levels.
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They also took part in a traditional dialogue session with locals.
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Australia has taken a leading role in the pre-COP gathering and defended it as a critical diplomatic event in the face of criticism back home about the cost to taxpayers.
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But Albanese drew criticism from a Tuvalu government adviser, who accused him on Oct 6 of disrespect by not wearing a traditional headpiece during an event and for overstepping during the running of the visit.
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“Just because we signed the treaty doesn’t mean they can take over our country and our sovereignty,” the aide told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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That’s how it feels.”
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Impact of climate change
Tuvalu is one of the world’s least visited countries, and the highest point in the capital Funafuti is just 2m above sea level.
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Rising waters have already largely swamped two of Tuvalu’s nine coral atolls, and scientists fear the entire archipelago could be unliveable by the end of the century.
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A marine heatwave in 2024 wiped out an estimated 99.9% of the coral that built the remote Tuvalu islands.
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“You can swim for hours and hours along the reef in the lagoon, just skeleton after skeleton.
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It’s all dead,” said marine biologist Austin Bowden-Kerby, who visited in 2025 and documented the devastation.
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“The very system that created the islands has died.
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Local scientist Rajneel Singh told AFP climate change was already impacting the food sources that have long sustained Tuvalu’s population.
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“Elders used to fish for red snappers and other things,” he said.
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“It’s no longer frequent in the catch.
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And the sizes of the fish has been reduced as well.”
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