“When combined with other Pacific routes to Australia and New Zealand, almost 4% of the population could migrate each year,” Jane McAdam, a member of the Kaldoor Center for International Refugee Law at Unsw Sydney, told Jane, writing in the Conversation. “With a decade, almost 40% of the population that Couun has moved – although some people can go home or go back and forward.”

Penny Wong, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Australia, Said in a press release That the program gives the Tuvaluens a chance to settle in Australia “with dignity while the climatic impacts get worse”. She helped that this initiative reflect deep confidence Bethaeen both nations and that the tuvaluens should make a precious contribution to Australian society.

Feleti Teo, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, called for the support of the international community during his Address At the third a conference on the ocean in Nice, in France, in June. “Tuvalu calls for the development of an international treaty on sea level elevation to consecrate the legal rights of states and affected persons, including the principles of state continuity and the permanence of maritime borders,” said Teo. The Prime Minister of Tuvalu also said that his country supported the idea of a non-proliferation treaty for fossil food with “the ultimatum of a rapid, fair and irreversible element of fossil fuels in all sectors”.

The agreement with Australia is not the only action taken by Tuvalu in the face of the threat of disappearing. In 2022, the country launched a Ambient strategy Become the digital first nation in the world. This initiative includes 3D scan its islands to recreate them digitally and preserve their cultural heritage, as well as the displacement of government functions to a virtual environment. In order to protect national identity and the sovereign, the project also plans constitutional reforms to define the country as a virtual state, a concept already recognized by 25 countries, including Australia and New Zealand.

What happens to Tuvalu could be experienced by other nations. NASA noted that the world level of the sea has increased more than expected in the past year. IT IS satellite measures Reveal that the annual increase rate has doubled since 1993, with an increase of 10 centimeters during this period. The Pacific Islands are particularly vulnerable to the increase in seas, although the impacts are not limited to this region. For example, sea level in the Gulf of Mexico has recently increased the world average to three times, according to a study Posted in Nature in 2023.

Albert van Dijk, professor at Australian National University, Underlines This climate change affects the entire planet’s water system. “Historical droughts with catastrophic floods, these extreme variations disrupt lives, economies and whole ecosystems. Water is our most vital resource, and its extreme behavior represents one of the greatest herds today.”

This story initially looked at Cable EN ESPAñol and was translated from Spanish.