How do you ensure permanent statehood if your home nation is swallowed by rising sea levels? Tuvalu is looking at digital and legal solutions.
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Tuvalu is working to save its island from sinking further in the sea as climate change impacts intensify.
In the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, monthly high-tides now sees 40 per cent of the island's capital, Funafuti, subject to seawater intrusion.
Former foreign minister Simon Kofe says the country is innovating in multiple arenas to prepare for the worst-case scenario, whilst still hoping for the best-case scenario.
He spoke to Biwa Kwan.
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