FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu >> Palelei Tovia recalls how Tuvalu islanders used to survive droughts with all-night vigils at wells to collect precious fresh water during the moments it seeped into the shafts.

One of the most impassioned speeches at the United Nations Climate Change Conference was given today by Apisai Ielemia, the minister of foreign affairs, trade, tourism, environment and labor for the ...

Tuvalu faces an immediate crisis in the form of a severe and protracted drought. This Polynesian country, whose name means 'eight standing together' (the eight islands and atolls that comprise the ...

FUNAFUTI, TUVALU — Palelei Tovia recalls how Tuvalu islanders used to survive droughts with all-night vigils at wells to collect precious fresh water during the moments it seeped into the shafts. Ms.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Telegraph reports that Tuvalu’s state of emergency was declared after existing ...

The pro-Taiwan leader of the Pacific islands nation of Tuvalu, Kausea Natano, has lost his parliamentary seat, according to partial results. Tuvalu’s Finance Minister Seve Paeniu has secured a seat in ...

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The drought in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, which declared a state of emergency this month because of a severe shortage of fresh water, is likely to last ...

Tuvalu’s inclusion on the expanded draft list – apparently by mistake – and the anxiety it caused is symbolic of how the second Trump administration continues to alienate partners. In mid-June 2025 ...