I hear a lot about La Nina being the cause of less rain for the small islands like Tuvalu. A few weeks ago, the country was declared a state of emergency as it experienced water shortage due to less rain. Why blame it on La Nina, this is all because of the industrialised countries and what they producing to make their life better at the expense of the life of the people in small island nations like Tuvalu. As Tuvaluans who were born and bred in Tuvalu, you should know better than this, this is not La Nina. Tuvalu have had La Nina every now and then but you haven't come to that worse. I say blame it on climate change. It may have made the La Nina situation worse and prolonged it and that's why there were no clouds and no rains. These countries also caused climate change resulting in sea levels rise so that freshwater tastes more salty now than before. Now the people of Tuvalu could not depend on fresh groundwater at such times because freshwater has become too salty. The Tuvaluans have animals that they feed for food. These fresh groundwater is not even fit for the animals because of salty tang. It is climate change and no other.
Climate Change had been the most critical issue that our leaders have fought for in the global arena because this is what climate change is doing to the small island nation of Tuvalu, while the bigger countries fare better, the small islands such as Tuvalu are taking the full brunt of it, sea level rise, strong winds at unusual times, salt water intrusion to traditional plantations, and you name it. Now Tuvalu is getting more and more droughts these days.
I remember in my young days, I've never come across a drought, in those days 30 years ago, we refer to a drought a very hot and sunny day because we don't have weeks or months without rain. Rain comes most of the time in a week that we sometimes say "Oh rain, please come back another day, we were tired of having rains but now there are more days without rain than rainy days. Tuvaluan Prime Minister Willy Telavi had told the United Nations Assembly that Tuvalu will not survive without foreign Aid. That was a very courageous talk because those big countries with the biggest gas emitters should help Tuvalu now since it was their technology and carbons that put the small nations in such pitiful positions. So don't think this is because of La Nina, it is all because of climate change. I'm sure that a lot of Tuvaluans now are thinking of leaving the country just because of what recently happened and of course why shouldn't they think of leaving their precious home. Bigger countries must open their doors and allow these people find a place to live in their midst because after all it was their greed who made these Tuvaluans leave their peaceful and precious home country.
That’s a lot of links, mostly the same, some very old, and no block quote. Spelling errors: shorateg, i've, cliamte. Climate Change is not a proper noun, so no need to capitalise it.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a very enlightening blog because it's based on personal experience. The situation looks very grim for Tuvalu and although relocation may seem like the best solution, it doesn't take into consideration the attachment that we as islanders have to our land. It was good to read of UN Secretary-General's visit to Kiribati a month back. Could this possibly mean future good news for Tuvalu and Kiribati? (Read: $$$$). It's also good to have leaders like Anote Tong who are tackling the issue head-on with global leaders.
ReplyDeleteMark mentioned in class that a blog should not contain many links and that this one seems to have more than two links which makes it hard for us readers to concentrate on what the blog is about since we have to click on those many links.why? I love the personal expression but there seems to be no fresh insights on the article and it needs to have supportive evidence as to prove the effect of climate change in Tuvalu is causing water shortage. The bigger countries like America should work hand in hand with Tuvalu so as to evade the effects of water shortage for the benefit of the people living on the island.
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