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Opinion | Today Tuvalu, tomorrow the world
Witness
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July 9, 2025
Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last month’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some...
Today Tuvalu’s Climate change visas; tomorrow extensive to the World’s?
MercoPress
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Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:58 UTC UN COP26 Glasgow was not a conventional statesman – he was Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe, and he delivered a powerful message with his very presence in the encroaching waters. By Gwynne Dyer - Some big...
Today Tuvalu: tomorrow the world but escape hatches are closing
Cyprus Mail
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July 6, 2025
Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some...
New visa offers lifeline for Tuvaluans amid global climate crisis
Pacific Media Network
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Pacific Islanders, especially those from the climate-threatened nation of Tuvalu, are taking advantage of Australia’s new resettlement aimed at helping people affected by climate change. The move is part of a special agreement called the Falepili...
Australia-Tuvalu mobility pathway: does it address the climate crisis?
The Pacific Island Times
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July 2, 2025
Tuvalu/Photo courtesy of Jess Marinaccio On June 11, the Tuvaluan and Australian governments issued press releases announcing that the inaugural ballot for the Falepili Mobility Pathway would open on June 16. Part of the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili...
Today Tuvalu; Tomorrow the World
The Portugal News
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In late June all ten thousand residents of the South Pacific island state of Tuvalu were invited to enter a lottery whose 280 lucky winners will get a special climate-change visa that entitles them to work, study and live in Australia...
GWYNNE DYER: Why Australia is opening its borders to 280 Tuvaluans indefinitely
Saltwire
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In late June, all 10,000 residents of the South Pacific island state of Tuvalu were invited to enter a lottery whose 280 lucky winners will get a special climate-change visa that entitles them to work, study and live in Australia indefinitely....
Aust-Tuvalu mobility pathway: Does it address climate crisis?
The National
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On June 11, the Tuvaluan and Australian governments issued press releases announcing that the inaugural ballot for the Falepili Mobility Pathway would open on June 16. Part of the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty, the mobility pathway falls...
The Australia-Tuvalu climate migration treaty is a drop in the ocean
New Scientist
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July 2, 2025
A lifeline has been extended to the people of Tuvalu, a low-lying Pacific nation where rising sea levels are creating ever more problems. Each year, Australia will grant residency to 280 Tuvaluans. The agreement could see everyone currently living...
Over 40% of Tuvalu citizens apply for relocation to Australia
Kyodo News+
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July 2, 2025
SYDNEY - More than 4,000 citizens of the small Pacific nation of Tuvalu, equivalent to 42 percent of the population, have applied for a landmark climate visa to migrate to Australia as rising sea levels threaten their home, according to official...
Politician speaks out after third of Tuvalu’s citizens apply for Australian visas
Seven News
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July 2, 2025
Pacific Island nation Tuvalu has poured cold water on a report that a huge chunk of its citizens are eager to move to Australia through a world-first climate visa. It is instead likely that many applicants are ineligible, have applied multiple...
Countries offering visa-free access to Pakistanis
Pakistan Today
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July 30, 2025
Citizens of Pakistan can travel visa-free to over 30 countries, according to a report by Henley & Partners, a global residence and citizenship advisory firm. The report identifies 12 countries, mostly in Africa, Oceania, and Asia, as the world’s...
UN climate ruling ushers in fresh hopes of accountability
The Times
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Companies may face tougher regulations in the wake of the UN court’s landmark climate change ruling, but polluted states are likely to face an uphill battle for compensation. Environmental groups, small island nations and other climate change...
The first country forced to move its entire nation as sea takes over (literally)
Euro Weekly News
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July 29, 2025
Funafuti (Tuvalu’s capital) International Airport. Credit: Creative Commons That’s something no one imagined a few decades ago: a postcard-perfect island nation is now ground zero for climate change. Located in the South Pacific, this country of...
Canada has issued tsunami travel warnings for 38 countries after a massive Pacific earthquake
Narcity
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July 30, 2025
Canadians heading to dozens of destinations across the Pacific Rim are now being warned to take extra precautions — or reconsider their travel plans altogether — after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Russia on Tuesday night....
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CFO Dive
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This Entire Country Has To Be Evacuated Because of Climate Change
VICE
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July 29, 2025
If estimates are correct, by 2050, the gorgeous Pacific island nation of Tuvalu will be the first country on Earth to be consumed by rising sea levels caused by climate change. Its mass evacuation has already begun. As reported by Wired, this tiny...
Entire nation faces first-ever planned migration after growing crisis forces evacuation: 'The existential threat we face is not of our making'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 29, 2025
An unprecedented mass migration is underway in the South Pacific, as residents of a small island nation grapple with the reality of rapidly rising seas, Futurism reports. What's happening? Tuvalu is an archipelago consisting of nine low-lying...
India, Fiji Discuss Bilateral Ties And Ways To Strengthen Cooperation
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, July 30 (IANS) India and Fiji held the 6th Foreign Office Consultations in Suva on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in health, education, capacity building, trade, investment, agriculture,...
Earthquake Terror In Russia: Wrecked Ports To Stranded Whales— Viral Videos Capture 8.8 Tsunami Wrath; How Far Is The Extent Of Damage?
News24
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July 30, 2025
Russia remains in shock, grappling with the unfolding events since Tuesday’s earthquake struck at 11:24 a.m. local time. The United States Geological Survey reported the quake’s epicentre was 78 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the...