Country Profile of Tuvalu
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A View from Tuvalu
We want the islands of Tuvalu, our nation, to exist permanently forever and not to be submerged underwater merely due to the selfishness and greed of the industrialised world. This is why we had proposed right from the outset, for the establishment of a legally binding framework to set targets and timeframes for renewable energy given the direct link between energy and climate change
…Tuvalu therefore calls on the Summit to commit additional resources to implement, besides energy & climate change initiatives, other key focal partnership areas such as water & sanitation, transport & communications, health improvement, human resource development & capacity building, tourism & trade.
Address to World Summit on Sustainable Development by the Honourable Saufatu Sopoanga, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu [2002].
| Capital: | Funafuti
| | Population: | 10 200 [2003 est.]
| | Land Area: | 26 sq. km
| | Max Height (above Sea – level): | Approximately 5 metres.
| | Rainfall: |
| | EEZ: | 1.3 million sq. km
| | Mean Temperature: | 30º C
| | GDP per Capita: |
| | Currency: | Australian Dollar
| | Languages: | Tuvaluan and English
| | Government: | Independent State and Associate Member of the Commonwealth
| | SOPAC Membership: | Full Member since 1983 |
Country Representative to SOPAC
Seve Lausaveve
Secretary
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Private Mail Bag
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Tel: (688) 20160
Fax: (688) 20167
E-Mail: lausaveve7@yahoo.com.au">slausaveve@gov.tv; lausaveve7@yahoo.com.au
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