Tuvalu, the fourth tiniest country in the world, has announced that it plans to go carbon neutral by 2020, when it plans to generate 100% of its energy from renewable energy sources. ""We look forward to the day when our nation offers an example to all -- powered entirely by...
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The island of Tuvalu is sinking, so you shouldn't buy .tv domains, says GoDaddy. If that's true, how fast is the island disappearing? Will it be gone before your domain name is up for renewal? " ...
Internet domains are all set to have a major revamp. They have been dominated for more than a decade by dotcoms, dotnets and dotcodotuks. That could all change, however, with a new scheme to liberalise the...
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The low-lying island nation of the Maldives has gathered enough support at the UN Human Rights Council to request a study on the impact of climate change on human rights. It fears that rising sea levels could...
"Rising sea levels from global warming will threaten the livelihoods and homes of more than 200,000 people who live on coral atolls in coming generations, the PACNEWS reported on Monday.
The warning came from Australia`s University of Queensland archaeologist and expert on...
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"Tourism at the End of the World
By Stephen Leahy*
So-called “climate tourism” is a mix of legitimate interest in protecting nature, the desire to see rare wildlife on the verge of extinction, and, of course, the search for profit.
TORONTO, Jan 14 (Tierramérica).- -...
" NADI, Fiji (Reuters) - As the rising Pacific Ocean laps at their doorsteps, tiny Tuvalu and Kiribati fear becoming environmental refugees and said major greenhouse gas emitters Australia and the United States have a moral obligation to help. Aid and scientific groups have...
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