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They should look at the metaverse. I am told that is the future.
They could claim a big stake there with their .tv domains.
Build an underwater server farm and become an offshore (undershore?) banking centre
Or an underwater city and become the number one tourist destination in the world for the next few years (until everyone else is forced to do the same)
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> Tuvalu exists as a state because the international community decided to let them. This is true of every state. If no one recognizes your claims, and then acts with impunity against you, you’re not a state.
It is most certainly not true of every state; if no one recognizes your claims, but you can still feed your citizens and defend your borders, you are "a state".
So have we moved from "climate change isn't real" to "it's real but we aren't gonna do anything"? Nobody making long term plans is questioning the science of it, they're just trying to figure out how to be the last ones to starve.
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> and then acts with impunity against you
Russia acts with impunity on Ukraine soil, however Ukraine is a state for all definitions of state I could find.
> If no one recognizes your claims, and then acts with impunity against you, you’re not a state.
Ukraine only fits one.
Why not build a system of dikes around the island? What about poldering? Is that feasible here? The island is only 26 square kilometers.
The land area of Fulafuti is 2.4 square kilometers, but the total area of the atoll is 275 square kilometers : it's a ring of islands surrounding a lagoon. The lagoon is 120 feet deep. The atoll is basically the tip-top of a vast underwater mountain that drops away precipitously: there's nothing to build a dike on . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funafuti https://tuvalu-data.sprep.org/system/files/Rapport_de_leve_C...
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They always have the option of building a platform(Sealand[0] like) and claim the territory. Probably there still few advantages to be recognized as nation. Being Tax shelter and selling domains(.tv is somewhat popular) comes to mind. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
Sealand isn't a great example considering nobody recognizes it as a country. Tuvalu might get away with it since they would've been a "real" country in the past.
Tuvalu is just 26 sq km. How many bulk carriers filled with dirt you need to raise that by a few meters?
Unfortunately that land is not underwater due to climate change-driven sea level rise, but due to soil erosion. They do mention this fact, however the focus of the article inexplicably remains on rising sea levels.
A factchecker might call that "missing context" (or worse).
[1]https://www.reuters.com/resizer/8doSEMId31ayO3rBn1MaCzPgW50=...
Tuvalu is just 26 sq km. How many bulk carriers filled with dirt you need to raise that by a few meters?
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