Tuvalu-beach

Is Tuvalu Really Sinking Beneath the Waves?*

It was one of the signature moments at the 2021 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow (COP26). Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe delivered a speech online, calling for urgent action on climate change while standing in the ocean in Funafuti, Tuvalu. Funafuti is the capital of Tuvalu.

Photographs of the scene appeared in newspapers, television and social media around the world, and were widely seen as proof of the imminent climate crisis.

The scene was designed…

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