Tuvalu, home to around 10,000 people, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Representatives from 30 nations gathered in the Pacific island nation to see land being reclaimed from the ocean as Tuvalu urged countries to step up climate efforts ▻

Tuvalu, home to around 10,000 people, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Representatives from 30 nations gathered in the Pacific island nation to see land being reclaimed from the ocean as Tuvalu urged countries to step up climate efforts ▻ ↧ Pacific leaders watch Tuvalu reclamation effort ahead of UN climate... Representatives of 30 nations watched on Tuesday as white sand dredged from an atoll lagoon was used to ​reclaim land from the ocean in a fight by the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu to keep its main island ‌from being lost to rising waves.