TOKU TIA: Tuvalu and the impacts of climate change

About this item

Title

TOKU TIA: Tuvalu and the impacts of climate change

Content partner

University of Waikato

Collection

ResearchCommons@Waikato

Description

Climate change is the greatest and most profound threat the world is facing today. Its impacts on the environment, species of all kinds, and humanity is intensifying at an unprecedented rate. Low-lying atoll states, such as Tuvalu, because of their geomorphologies, are exposed directly to climate change impacts. Scientific predictions of the rising sea levels and media representations of low-lying atolls becoming uninhabitable and sinking are increasingly causing grave concerns to people livi...

Read more

Format

Research Paper

Research format

Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2017

Creator

Falefou, Tapugao

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11651

Related subjects

Tuvalu / Climate change / Sea level rise / Small island state / Tuvaluan culture / Tuvaluan lives and livelihoods / Impacts of climate change and sea level rise / Social and cultural geographies / National identity / Coconut people / Coconut roots / Coconut fruits / Fading rainbow / The Ark

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from University of Waikato before using it.

More Information

University of Waikato has this to say about the rights status of this item:

©2023 The Author(s). This is an open-access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/pages/copyright_reuse/en

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with University of Waikato to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.