Tuvalu accepts security and climate pact, says Australia’s Pacific minister
Deal had been thrown into doubt during election campaign in Tuvalu over sovereignty concerns
Tuvalu prime minister calls on Australia for sovereignty ‘guarantees’ over treaty
Feleti Teo tells the Guardian Tuvaluans fear last year’s treaty may give Australia too much say over the Pacific nation’s security
Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister heads to Tuvalu to cement ties with Pacific ally
Tien Chung-kwang’s visit comes after Tuvalu’s new government vowed to stick with Taipei amid speculation it may switch allegiances to Beijing
February 2024
Tuvalu to revisit deal that gives Australia control of island nation’s security agreements
Tuvalu names Feleti Teo prime minister after pro-Taiwan leader Kausea Natano ousted
Culture, democracy and clout: why three Pacific countries are sticking with Taiwan
Australia-Tuvalu deal on climate and security may be at risk, intelligence boss says
January 2024
Tuvalu’s pro-Taiwan prime minister Kausea Natano loses seat in partial election results
The results fuel concern that the micronation could switch diplomatic recognition to Beijing, as votes continue to be counted
Tuvalu goes to the polls in election watched by China and Taiwan
One candidate has said he wants to review the Pacific country’s relationships with Taiwan and China, just weeks after Nauru switched allegiances to Beijing
Tuvalu election: what’s happening, and what could it mean for Taiwan, China and the Pacific?
The Pacific island has a population of just 11,000 but its political leadership could decide whether Taiwan loses another critical ally in the Pacific
December 2023
Australia news live
Marles will ‘make right decision in Australia’s interest’ over deploying navy vessels to Red Sea, Farrell says – as it happened
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November 2023
Pacific project
Happy, faithful and tied to nature: life adapting to the climate crisis – photo essay
Activists are pushing for action at the upcoming Cop28 summit as the way of life on Pacific islands such as Kioa in Fiji are reshaped by climate change
Pacific project
Stay or go? Offered a future away from home, Tuvalu’s people face a painful choice
Australia’s visa offer to residents of the Pacific island nation in the face of the climate crisis stokes mixed emotions
Deal to resettle climate-hit Tuvalu residents shows world ‘what’s at stake’, European officials say
Tuvalu residency and security treaty: what is it and why is Australia doing it?
Australia to offer residency to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change
September 2023
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean
Countries threatened by rising sea levels are asking a tribunal to decide on responsibility for pollution of the marine environment
July 2023
Today in Focus
Tuvalu – how do you save a disappearing country?
The Pacific Islands country could be lost to rising sea levels in just 50 years. Now its citizens have come up with a surprising plan to preserve their nation
June 2023
Seascape: the state of our oceans
The rising ocean will extinguish more than land. It will kill entire languages
Anastasia Riehl
Seascape: the state of our oceans
‘We could lose our status as a state’: what happens to a people when their land disappears
