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Bilateral Meeting During UNOC3 - Nice

French President Emmanuel Macron and Tuvalu's Prime Minister Feleti Teo during a bilateral meeting as part of the France-Pacific Summit during the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life until June 13, at the Prefecture in the French riviera city of Nice, on June 10, 2025. Photo by Bruno Bebert/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bilateral Meeting During UNOC3 - Nice

French President Emmanuel Macron and Tuvalu's Prime Minister Feleti Teo during a bilateral meeting as part of the France-Pacific Summit during the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life until June 13, at the Prefecture in the French riviera city of Nice, on June 10, 2025. Photo by Bruno Bebert/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tuvaluan Prime Minister Teo

Tuvaluan Prime Minister Feleti Teo speaks during an interview in Funafuti, Tuvalu, on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Tuvaluan Prime Minister Teo

Tuvaluan Prime Minister Feleti Teo speaks during an interview in Funafuti, Tuvalu, on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Japan, Tuvalu premiers' talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) and his Tuvalu counterpart Feleti Teo (2nd from L) hold talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 16, 2024.

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Japan, Tuvalu premiers' talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Tuvalu counterpart Feleti Teo shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 16, 2024.

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Kimono symbolizing 6 nations for 2020 Olympic hospitality

TOKYO, Japan - Six models wearing Japanese kimono which were designed based on images of Qatar, Lithuania, Tuvalu, Bhutan, Brazil and South Africa (from L) pose for photographs in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2014. They were designed for part of planned hospitality activities at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and garments symbolizing other nations may follow suit.

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Pacific island leaders launch alliance

APIA, Samoa - Kiribati's President Anote Tong (3rd from L) speaks about the launching of the Pacific Ocean Alliance in Samoa on Sept. 3, 2014. Next to him is Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga (2nd from L). The leaders were in Samoa to attend the 3rd United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States.

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Tuvalu kids catch fish left on ground after tide goes out

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Children catch fish left on the ground when the tide goes out in Funafuti, the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu, in February 2014.

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Boys play in high tide pool in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - A boy "surfs" in a pool of water created on the ground during a high tide in Funafuti, the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu, in February 2014.

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Young men play football on airport runway in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Young men play football on the international airport's runway in Funafuti, the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu, in February 2014. The airport, a rare flat and open space on the narrow island, also serves as a gathering place for the islanders.

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Flooding in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Photo shows a road battered by waves in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Flooding in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - A girl walks in a flooded part of Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Jan. 30, 2014.

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Flooding in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Photo shows a road flooded with seawater in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Flooding in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Photo shows a house, near which seawater has approached, in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Flooding in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Children play at a plaza flooded with seawater in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Jan. 30, 2014.

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Tuvalu Prime Minister Sopoaga

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Tuvalu's Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga is pictured during an interview in Funafuti on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Woman works to deepen awareness about sinking nations

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu -Photo taken Feb. 1, 2014 in the capital of Tuvalu shows Haruna Kitazoe, who spent four years in living on Tuvalu, a small island nation in the southern Pacific Ocean, to report on the effects of rising sea levels caused by global warming.

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Japanese man helps Tuvalu in danger of submerging

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Kazuyoshi Ogawa talks about his job as a specialist in charge of coordinating a variety of Japanese assistance programs and a development policy adviser to the Tuvalu government in Funafuti in an interview with Kyodo News on May 6.

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Beijing Olympics open

BEIJING, China - The Tuvalu delegation marches during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 8.

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Tuvalu prime minister meets Japan's environment minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia (R) shakes hands with Japanese Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita (L) at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 7 before their talks.

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Fukuda says Japan to send environment research group to Tuvalu

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6 prior to their talks.

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Aichi Expo celebrates Tuvalu national day

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Traditional dancing from Tuvalu is presented at the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 15 to mark the Tuvalu national day.

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Tuvalu calls for Japan's help for economic development

TOKYO, Japan - Tuvaluan Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at Koizumi's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15. Sopoanga called for technical assistance from Japan in the fisheries sector to help the development of the island nation.

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Smaller Pacific states voice concern over climate change

SUVA, Fiji - Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoaga (L) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Robert Woontonm speaks to reporters in the Fijian capital on Aug. 15 after the end of a half-day Smaller Islands Summit. The leaders of the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu voiced concern over current and potential adverse impacts of climate change.

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Fears of fuel leak after two vessels collide near Gibraltar

STORY: Fears of fuel leak after two vessels collide near Gibraltar DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the vessels STORYLINE: Emergency services are working around the clock to prevent an environmental disaster of a fuel leak in the port of Gibraltar following a collision between two vessels on Wednesday, the port authority said on Thursday. There are fears that the bulk carrier OS 35 is close to splitting in half and releasing fuel into the bay of Gibraltar after hitting the carrier vessel Adam LNG. The Gibraltar Port Authority in the British Crown Colony informed on Wednesday afternoon that the hull of the OS 35, registered in the Pacific Island state of Tuvalu, had broken but the two sections had not separated. The Adam LNG, registered in the Marshall Islands, suffered only minor damages in the collision. Booms had been placed around the bulk carrier to contain any oil that could escape from its tanks, while the 24 crew members and s

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Asia-Pacific Water Summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after having talks with the leaders of Cambodia, Laos and Tuvalu on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Asia-Pacific Water Summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after having talks with the leaders of Cambodia, Laos and Tuvalu on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Asia-Pacific Water Summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Tuvalu counterpart Kausea Natano meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Fukuda says Japan to send environment research group to Tuvalu

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Tuvalu calls for Japan's help for economic development

TOKYO, Japan - Tuvaluan Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at Koizumi's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15. Sopoanga called for technical assistance from Japan in the fisheries sector to help the development of the island nation. (Kyodo)

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Pacific islands say financial support needed to reduce disaster risks

(From L) Aunese Makoi Simati, representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Tutai Tura, associate minister of foreign affairs and immigration from the Cook Islands, and Faamoetauloa Tumaalii, minister of natural resources and environment from Samoa, hold a press conference during the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on March 17, 2015. The representatives from the Pacific Island nations said international financial support is necessary to protect the countries facing increasing threats from natural hazards, days after Super Cyclone Pam ravaged part of the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono symbolizing 6 nations for 2020 Olympic hospitality

Six models wearing Japanese kimono which were designed based on images of Qatar, Lithuania, Tuvalu, Bhutan, Brazil and South Africa (from L) pose for photographs in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2014. They were designed for part of planned hospitality activities at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and garments symbolizing other nations may follow suit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beijing Olympics open

BEIJING, China - The Tuvalu delegation marches during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 8. (Kyodo)

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Aichi Expo celebrates Tuvalu national day

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Traditional dancing from Tuvalu is presented at the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 15 to mark the Tuvalu national day. (Kyodo)

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Japanese man helps Tuvalu in danger of submerging

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Kazuyoshi Ogawa talks about his job as a specialist in charge of coordinating a variety of Japanese assistance programs and a development policy adviser to the Tuvalu government in Funafuti in an interview with Kyodo News on May 6. (Kyodo)

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Pacific island leaders launch alliance

APIA, Samoa - Kiribati's President Anote Tong (3rd from L) speaks about the launching of the Pacific Ocean Alliance in Samoa on Sept. 3, 2014. Next to him is Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga (2nd from L). The leaders were in Samoa to attend the 3rd United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States. (Kyodo)

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Tuvalu prime minister meets Japan's environment minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia (R) shakes hands with Japanese Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita (L) at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 7 before their talks. (Kyodo)

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Kimono symbolizing 6 nations for 2020 Olympic hospitality

TOKYO, Japan - Six models wearing Japanese kimono which were designed based on images of Qatar, Lithuania, Tuvalu, Bhutan, Brazil and South Africa (from L) pose for photographs in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2014. They were designed for part of planned hospitality activities at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and garments symbolizing other nations may follow suit. (Kyodo)

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Scenes from Tuvalu

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2019, shows a collapsed tree following encroachment of seawater after the rise of sea levels on Tepuka islet within the atoll of Funafuti, Tuvalu. (Photo by freelance photographer Shuichi Endo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Tuvalu

Photo taken from a plane on Oct. 17, 2019, shows Fongafale islet within the atoll of Funafuti, Tuvalu. (Photo by freelance photographer Shuichi Endo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Tuvalu

Photo taken Oct. 11, 2019, shows a drawing of palm trees and a beach painted on a wall of the prison in Tuvalu's capital Funafuti. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Tuvalu

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2019, shows mangroves planted on Avalau islet within the atoll of Funafuti, Tuvalu, as part of a project managed by Japanese nonprofit organization Tuvalu Overview. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Tuvalu

A man walks a pig on a leash in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Oct. 14, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Tuvalu

Children play on an airport runway in the Tuvaluan capital of Funafuti on Oct. 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan names new ambassadors to Paraguay, Brunei, Fiji

Combined photo shows Japan's new ambassadors appointed on June 2, 2017. (From L) Naohiro Ishida, former senior bureaucrat of the internal affairs ministry, is tapped as ambassador to Paraguay, Motohiko Kato, envoy to Britain, to Brunei, and Masahiro Omura, consul general in Seattle, to the Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru and Vanuatu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smaller Pacific states voice concern over climate change

SUVA, Fiji - Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoaga (L) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Robert Woontonm speaks to reporters in the Fijian capital on Aug. 15 after the end of a half-day Smaller Islands Summit. The leaders of the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu voiced concern over current and potential adverse impacts of climate change. (Kyodo)