Tuvalu

The Tuvalu Language Week, the sixth Pacific Language Week 2021, has moved online due to uncertainty around Covid-19

Rainfall at its lowest, with growing concerns of extreme water scarcity for people across the tropical islands, made the Red Cross Red Crescent Early Action Rainfall Watch place the country at 'drought alert' level

The country is one of a dozen where there are no women serving in senior positions in government, such as Afghanistan after the recent Taliban coup, but also Saudi Arabia, Armenia and Yemen

On 29 August 1595, during Mendaña's second voyage across the Pacific, he passed Niulakita, the southermost island of the country, and he named it "La Solitaria"

According to recent estimates, Tuvaluans will be forced to migrate elsewhere in the next 50 years as a consequence of water shortages and rising sea levels

The IMF Executive Board concluded its 2021 Article IV consultation with the country: the containment measures implemented by the authorities at the start of the pandemic helped keep the country free of Covid, although they took a toll on economic activity

Tuvalu's climate ambassador fears that the Covid-19 pandemic will greatly reduce Pacific's presence at the COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow later this year, as going to and from will be problematic

According to the recently developed UVI index - that measures economic, sociopolitical and environmental vulnerabilities using widely available data - Tuvalu is among the six most structurally vulnerable countries in the Commonwealth

The country will be among the beneficiaries of a large donation of 3 million doses of vaccines by Japan to the Pacific islands

The country is on track to achieve full vaccination coverage of its adult population, as Australian support continues with a delivery of 11.800 vaccines this week

The island groups are facing several risks linked to climate change: intensifying cyclones, salt intrusion and flooding besides rising temperatures - a warming of about 0.8°C since 1980 has been recorded

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will grant funding to support smooth and effective rollout of Covid-19 vaccination campaign

A select committee tasked with reviewing the national constitution is now holding public consultation