Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/17
By: Elaine Hou and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) Taiwan will engage in talks with Tuvalu on how to combat climate change, Taiwan's foreign ministry said Thursday, following a recent appeal by the Pacific ally for help to deal with rising sea levels.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesperson Joanne Ou (歐江安) said at a press briefing that Taiwan has been working closely with Tuvalu for years on several matters, including climate change, and will continue to do so by discussing concrete cooperation on that issue.

The MOFA statement came after Tuvalu's new Prime Minister Kausea Natano issued a call for global partners to help his country with a land reclamation plan to cope with rising sea levels.

In a recent interview with Kyodo News of Japan, Natano said Tuvalu is at serious risk of losing its land due to rapidly rising sea levels and is planning a land reclamation project in response to the problem.    [FULL  STORY]