A world heavily impacted by climate change is not a distant future, it’s impacting us right now. Tuvalu is at the forefront of climate change. It is disappearing because of rising sea levels. What are some measures Tuvalu has been taking and plans to take to preserve its culture and way of life? What about actions from the international community? How do young people in Tuvalu approach the impact of climate change to their homeland? Let’s sit down with the Ambassador of Tuvalu to Taiwan, Bikenibeu Paeniu, who has been an important figure calling for action in light of climate change, and learn more about the grave impact of climate change on Tuvalu and many Pacific island communities. 

Bikenibeu Paeniu was the first Tuvalu Prime Minister to sign the The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rio in 1992.