Tiny Tuvalu packs a powerful punch

Tiny Tuvalu packs a powerful punch :

"Imagine the world knew global warming was about to destroy 43 nations - ' but not which 43', Enele Sopoaga, Tuvalu's UN ambassador, told the summit on Friday. If that were the case, 'we suggest that all parties would be striving for big reductions in greenhouse gases'."

Tuvalu is one of our neighbours in the South pacific which uses our currency and can trade on the internet suffix .tv. It has a population of just over eleven and a half thousand and is threatened by global warming. They have brought some real thinking to this debate. They are asking for consideration. They are not demanding it. They are requesting larger nations should consider their future and yet they are dealing with the very real threat with a great deal of dignity. Would we were so wise. As a neighbour I think we can help them. As part of our South Pacific neighbourhood I think we can lend our physical size to their thoughtful questions. We can all do better. We know we can. We can make an effort because we do not want to be the ones who have caused the demise of small, spirited nations. As a nation we can lend a hand and negotiate things which would help them. More than that , though, we can give some serious weight to doing something decent with regard to climate change.

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