Tuvalu, an island nation threatened by sea-level rise in the South Pacific, is preparing for the worst-case scenario of submersion by digitizing its government and taking other steps to secure its future, Prime Minister Feleti Teo said in a recent interview.Made up of nine low-lying coral atolls with an average height above sea level of just 2 meters, Tuvalu's 26 square kilometers of land could be beneath the tide within decades due to climate change.Speaking to Kyodo News on Tuesday, Teo said the long-term digitization project envisions moving government services and records to an online p…READ FULL ARTICLE
