Facing 'horrific' Pacific rise, Tuvalu crafts climate survival plan
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The project will test a new U.N. blueprint under which one rich nation takes responsibility for raising funds to enable a climate-vulnerable country to roll out measures to cope better with heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts and rising seas.
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"The habitable land of Tuvalu is already succumbing to sea level rise," he said, adding that 40% of the main island - site of the capital Funafuti - is already underwater during king tides.
He said Australia would work with Tuvalu on the long-term adaptation plan to "provide a safe, raised or elevated land territory that can accommodate the national population and secure our future as a state into the next century and beyond".
Fresh water, housing, renewable pacific energy
The project co-led with Australia would ensure freshwater supplies, renewable energy, housing, recreational areas and waste disposal for Tuvalu's tiny population of 11,000 people.
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