Published on and written by Cyril Jarnias
Lost in the middle of the Pacific, between Hawaii and Australia, History of the country of Tuvalu is unlike any other national narrative. Nine low-lying islands set on coral rings, barely more than ten thousand inhabitants, an economy built on fishing, public services, and tuna fishing licenses… and a historical trajectory deeply marked by Polynesian migrations, slave raids, the copra trade, British colonization, World War II, and, today, the climate crisis.
The history of Tuvalu blends creation myths, star navigation, German and American influence, and a quest for independence since 1978. This micro-state struggles to build a viable economy in the face of rising sea levels and a ‘non-trading nation’ status that limits its exports.
From Polynesian origins to the “eight islands that stand together”
Long before the arrival of Europeans, History of the country of Tuvalu is part of the larger story of Austronesian migration. Genetic, linguistic, and archaeological evidence converges: the ancestors of Tuvaluans came from Southeast Asia, passed through Melanesia, and then reached Polynesia. It was from the Tonga–Samoa–Fiji “core” that Polynesian navigators landed on the atolls that would become Tuvalu.
Oral traditions often place these arrivals between the 12th and 13th centuries for several islands. On Niutao, Funafuti, and Vaitupu, genealogies trace back to an ancestor from Samoa; on Nanumea, a chief from Tonga is cited. These stories fit within a broader political environment, marked by the influence of the Tu‘i Manu‘a (a Samoan confederation) and especially the empire of the Tu‘i Tonga, whose shadow then extended over much of Polynesia and even into parts of Micronesia.
Archaeology being fragmentary, evidence of fire in the caves of Nanumanga suggests an older occupation than oral traditions indicate. These populations sailed on large outrigger or double-hulled canoes, using the stars, swells, bird flight, and water color. The islands of Tuvalu served as stepping stones to Polynesian outliers in Melanesia and Micronesia.
“Eight that stand together”
When Europeans began systematically charting the region, eight of the nine islands were inhabited; only Niulakita remained empty until colonial times. The very name Tuvalu, meaning “eight standing together”, refers to this arrangement: an archipelago where each island is a community, but the whole forms a coherent cultural entity.
This coherence does not erase differences. Some islands, like Nui, show Micronesian affinities with Kiribati, while others remain deeply rooted in the Polynesian sphere of Samoa or Tonga. The stories of Niutao mention repelled invasions of Tongan warriors in the 15th and 16th centuries, then attackers from Kiribati in the 17th century. Long before colonization, History of the country of Tuvalu is thus traversed by contacts, conflicts, and regional influences.
Creation myth and pre-colonial society
The great myth of te Pusi mo te Ali alone summarizes the intimate link between nature and culture: the flat fish (te Ali) gives shape to the atolls, while the eel (te Pusi) becomes the model of the coconut tree, a vital tree for food, shelter, and later the copra trade.
On these barely emerged ribbons of coral, society was organized around small autonomous communities, often referred to by local names related to *manu*, led by chiefs (*aliki*, *matai*) and councils of elders (*falekaupule*). Land, or *vanua*, was not a commodity but a common heritage, managed by lineages. The power of chiefs was real but constrained by elders, kinship, and obligations of service (*tautua*).
Organization of island societies
Traditional religion mixed worship of natural forces, spirits (atua), and sacred objects. On Funafuti, before the arrival of Christianity, priest‑healers (vaka‑atua) served as intermediaries between humans and a pantheon that included, for example, Tufakala, associated with a species of seagull, or fetishes like the red stone Teo or the ritual hat Pulau. Every fishing trip, every planting of swamp taro (pulaka) was accompanied by rituals.
First European contacts and slave raids
While Polynesian navigators had been plying these waters for centuries, History of the country of Tuvalu first intersects that of Europe in the 16th century. In 1568, the Spaniard Álvaro de Mendaña sighted Nui, which he named Isla de Jesús, without being able to land. On a second voyage, he reported Niulakita (La Solitaria). Other Spanish, Russian, French, Dutch, and British sailors would subsequently dot the map of the archipelago, but until the early 19th century, these visits remained sporadic.
The real turning point came in the 1820s, when American whalers and merchant ships began to frequent the region more regularly. Captain George Barrett, of the whaler Independence II, hunted in Tuvalu waters, traded coconuts at Nukulaelae and Niulakita, and even set up a tryworks camp on Nukufetau. Fruits, water, and copra were traded for tools, cloth, or weapons; stories, news of the outside world, and religious ideas were also exchanged.
But this opening was very quickly accompanied by extreme violence.
The time of “blackbirding”
Between 1850 and 1880, a wave of “blackbirding”—forced or semi‑forced recruitment of labor— devastated the small islands of the Pacific. Peruvian ships, as well as various adventurers, organized outright raids to supply workers for sugar and cotton plantations, or the guano mines of the Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru. History of the country of Tuvalu still bears the mark of this trauma.
In 1862-1863, nearly 400 Tuvaluans, mainly from the southern islands, were taken to Peru, with none returning.
More broadly, historians estimate that, due to the combined effects of raids, introduced epidemics, and other recruitments for plantations in Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, or Queensland, the archipelago’s population fell from about 20,000 inhabitants to only a few thousand by the end of the 19th century. History of the country of Tuvalu was literally decimated, with up to 80% depopulation according to some estimates.
Why the missionaries were welcomed
This context explains the favorable welcome given to the Polynesian pastors of the London Missionary Society (LMS). In 1861, a Manihikian deacon, Elekana, drifted for eight weeks in a canoe before washing ashore on Nukulaelae, where he spontaneously began to preach. In 1865, Reverend Murray arrived from Samoa with pastors, mainly Samoans, assigned to each island. Within a few years, Protestantism became the dominant religion, and the old cults were actively destroyed—sometimes by traders themselves, eager to rid the workforce of beliefs deemed “constraining” for copra labor.
Christianity thrived in Tuvalu as a reaction to the violence of blackbirding, offering moral and political protection, and a link to missionary networks capable of alerting colonial powers against abuses. Trade, evangelization, and raids marked the end of the 19th century.
Copra, German merchants, and colonial grip
As whaling declined, trade shifted to the coconut tree. Copra—dried coconut flesh—became the main export product of the Pacific Ocean, supplying European oil mills. History of the country of Tuvalu then plugged into the circuits of capital flowing from Hamburg, Sydney, or Liverpool.
Companies like Malcolm and Company, Macdonald, Smith and Company, or the large German house J. C. Godeffroy und Sohn set up white agents (palagi) on the atolls. On Nukulaelae, a captain working for Godeffroy obtained in 1865 a 25-year lease on an islet, Niuoko, a lease that would be contested for decades by the islanders, particularly over the issue of importing foreign workers. Despite protests, German interests remained until the concession expired in 1890.
In the 1870s, Godeffroy dominated the copra trade in Tuvalu. In 1879, the company was taken over by the DHPG, which operated until the late 1880s. Other firms like John S. de Wolf and Co. (where Louis Becke worked in 1880) and H. M. Ruge and Company were also present, the latter threatening to seize the island of Vaitupu for a debt of $13,000 related to the failure of a local company and a schooner, the *Vaitupulemele*.
These commercial networks relied on a handful of European residents: Jack O’Brien on Funafuti, Tom Rose on Nukulaelae, Robert Waters on Nui, Charlie Douglas on Niutao, George Westbrook on Funafuti, among others. On the drier islands, often a single trader held a monopoly on copra purchases and the sale of imported goods. In the late 1880s, the arrival of steam reduced costs and further changed trade organization: companies moved away from the permanent resident model to using vessels with supercargoes (freight managers) who dealt directly with communities during short stops. Gradually, Tuvaluans themselves took over small stores.
History of the country of Tuvalu and British protection
For London, these scattered islands initially had limited interest. But the combination of three factors—blackbirding abuses, German ambitions in the Pacific, and the strategic role of atolls as naval stops—prompted the United Kingdom to act.
In 1877, a post of High Commissioner for the Western Pacific was created, entrusted to the Governor of Fiji. In 1892, Captain Herbert Gibson, commanding HMS Curacoa, toured the islands: between October 9 and 16, each Ellice atoll was officially declared a British protectorate. A few years earlier, an agreement with Germany had already divided “spheres of influence” in the Pacific, but without establishing effective administration.
At the turn of the century, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate was integrated into the Western Pacific Territories, then transformed into a colony in 1916. The first Resident Commissioner, Charles Richard Swayne, relied heavily on the normative apparatus set up by Samoan pastors of the LMS: their ecclesiastical regulations became the basis of the 1894 Native Laws of the Ellice Islands, which institutionalized a hierarchy mixing High Chieftainship (Tupu), magistrates, local police, and island councils (Kaupule). School became compulsory for children.
Through successive revisions (1917, 1930), colonial power strengthened the role of magistrates, limited the prerogatives of customary councils, and imposed detailed regulations on “cleanliness and order” even in private life. These norms generated resentment; it took the intervention of an official, Henry Evans Maude, who forwarded these criticized texts to a British parliamentarian, for them to eventually be relaxed.
History of the country of Tuvalu, at this time, is a story of dual governance: a distant colonial administration, first run from Funafuti then Tarawa, and traditional structures, falekaupule and aliki, which continued to organize daily life.
The Pacific War: Funafuti transformed into an aircraft carrier
World War II abruptly thrust History of the country of Tuvalu into global geopolitics. After Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and Japan’s rapid advance into the southwestern Pacific, the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) were occupied. The Ellice archipelago, which remained under British control, became a crucial link in the Allied setup.
In October 1942, U.S. Marines landed on Funafuti. In August 1943, other units settled on Nanumea and Nukufetau. The Seabees, U.S. Navy construction battalions, transformed these atolls into “unsinkable aircraft carriers” in a few months: runways of compacted coral, ramps for seaplanes, a 76-bed hospital, naval base, fuel depot, and squadrons of B‑24 Liberator bombers, Catalina seaplanes, P‑40 fighters, and PT boats.
More than 55,000 coconut trees were cut down on Funafuti, Nanumea, and Nukufetau
Japanese bombing, once the U.S. presence was detected (only in March 1943 due to strict secrecy), ultimately remained limited: a few attacks on Funafuti between March and November 1943, causing a few American deaths and one Tuvaluan, Esau. The most striking episode, remembered in collective memory as Te Aso o te Paula, occurred on April 23, 1943, when a bomb destroyed the concrete and pandanus church shortly after the inhabitants, convinced by a U.S. corporal to take refuge in the trenches, had come out.
A time of relative prosperity… and dependence
While the war left ecological scars and rusty wrecks on the reefs, it also brought an unprecedented influx of goods: abundant food, cigarettes, soap, kerosene, medicine, cash wages for those working unloading cargo or building runways. For many Tuvaluans, this period would later be described as “the best years,” even if it caused a temporary disaffection for subsistence agriculture.
Relations between islanders and soldiers were cordial, with rare mixed-race births. The conflict broadened the mental horizon of Tuvaluans: they discovered geopolitical issues, modern infrastructure, and questions of sovereignty. Post-war, the History of the country of Tuvalu turned toward decolonization.
From colony to independence: separation from the Gilberts
After 1945, the reorganization of the British colonial system in the Pacific also responded to UN demands for self-determination. The administrative center of gravity of the Gilbert and Ellice colony shifted to Tarawa, in the Gilberts, where secondary schools were established (King George V for boys, Elaine Bernacchi for girls). For Ellice residents, this meant that education and civil service jobs were mostly in the Micronesian part of the colony.
Resentment over insufficient representation, cultural differences between Micronesian I‑Kiribati and Polynesian Tuvaluans, rivalry for positions, and fear of the depletion of phosphate mines on Banaba and Nauru heightened tensions.
Institutional reforms followed one another: creation of an Advisory Council (1963), then an Executive Council (1964), establishment of a House of Representatives (1967) with 4 seats for the Ellice out of 23, a new constitution in 1971 providing for elected representatives by island. But in the eyes of Tuvaluans, marginalization persisted.
In 1974, ministerial autonomy was introduced, but above all, a self-determination referendum was held: the vast majority of Ellice Islanders—3,799 votes against 293—voted for separation from the Gilberts and temporary continued British tutelage.
The process took place in two stages: the Tuvaluan Order of 1975 came into effect on October 1, 1975, recognizing Tuvalu as a separate colony with its own government; on January 1, 1976, the administrations were separated, and the two colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu officially came into being.
History of the country of Tuvalu: independence and monarchy
The final step led to independence, proclaimed on October 1, 1978. Tuvalu then became an independent kingdom within the Commonwealth, with a written constitution that enshrined the British sovereign—then Elizabeth II, “Queen of Tuvalu”—as head of state, at the explicit request of the Tuvaluan people. The Westminster-style system is based on a unicameral parliament, a Prime Minister chosen from among the MPs, and a Governor-General representing the Crown.
The first head of government, Toaripi Lauti, had already been Chief Minister of the colony. Since then, Tuvalu’s history has seen a succession of Prime Ministers, all elected without formal political parties, in a landscape where personal and island alliances matter more than ideological labels.
The monarchy, relatively low-key in daily life, remains an important symbol of continuity. Two referendums, in 1986 and then in 2008, proposed replacing the system with a republic; in both cases, the monarchical option won clearly, with more than 90% of the vote in 1986 and nearly 65% in 2008, despite support from some former Prime Ministers for the republican camp. A 2023 poll still shows 71% in favor of maintaining the monarchy.
A constitution in motion
Adopted at independence, Tuvalu’s constitution was already thoroughly revised once in 1986 to better integrate the country’s customary, Christian, and community values, distancing itself from certain Western conceptions of the individual. A major new reform came into effect in October 2023, at a time when rising sea levels are calling into question the physical territory of the country.
This revision affirms official recognition of the falekaupule as traditional authorities on each island, strengthens the place of culture and Christianity, and addresses the continuity of the state’s legal personality in the event of loss of habitable land. The history of Tuvalu now includes anticipation of existing beyond its emerged territory.
An economy under constraint: from copra to .tv
Since independence, the major concern of History of the country of Tuvalu has been economic. The country ranks among the smallest national economies on the planet, with an annual GDP around a few tens of millions of US dollars (about $56 million in 2024). Structural handicaps are numerous: extreme isolation, minuscule land area, poor coral soils, absence of mineral resources, lack of economies of scale, and very high transport costs.
MIRAB: migration, remittances, aid, bureaucracy
Economists describe Tuvalu as a typical case of a MIRAB (migration–remittances–aid–bureaucracy) economy. A large part of national income comes from:
– remittances from Tuvaluans working abroad (notably seamen in the German merchant marine, seasonal workers in Australia and New Zealand);
– resource rents (royalties and tuna fishing licenses in the vast EEZ of over 900,000 km²);
– official development aid, particularly from Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and through the Asian Development Bank;
– .tv domain name revenue, the top-level internet domain, leased to audiovisual and digital companies;
– philatelic revenue (sale of collectible stamps), significant after independence but declining.
Public spending accounted for nearly 70% of GDP in 2012, illustrating the predominance of the public sector in the economy.
A retrospective table illustrates this structure for the period 2000–2012:
| Main sector | Role in Tuvalu’s economy (2000–2012) |
|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing | Highest contribution to GDP over the period |
| Finance, real estate, business services | Second highest contribution |
| Public administration | Significant sector |
| Trade, hotels, restaurants | Significant sector |
| Other services | Complete the service-dominated structure |
Despite this strong preponderance of services, the real economy of many families is still based on lagoon fishing, coconut, pulaka, and taro cultivation, and on community mutual aid.
A structurally deficit-prone foreign trade
History of the country of Tuvalu from a trade perspective is one of chronic deficit. The country imports almost everything: basic foodstuffs (rice, flour, canned goods, which represent nearly a fifth of GDP in value), construction materials, fuels, vehicles, machinery, medicines. Exports, on the other hand, remain minuscule, often on the order of a few million dollars at best, mainly copra, some processed fish, shells, or re-exports.
A summary table encapsulates this imbalance:
| Foreign trade element | Situation in Tuvalu |
|---|---|
| Value of goods exports | Very low, a few million US$ at most |
| Main exported product | Frozen fish (recent period), copra, some marine products |
| Imports of physical goods | “Dozens of times larger” than exports |
| Services balance | Negative and worsening |
| Tourism | Very limited, no cruises, no organized operators |
This inability to “play the game” of mass exports, combined with exorbitant logistics costs, explains why some analysts call Tuvalu a “non-trading nation”. The country realized very early the extent of its trade deficit after independence.
The strategic shift: making trade a “growth engine”
Yet, Tuvaluan authorities have not given up on the idea of more structuring trade. A Diagnostic Trade Integration Study was carried out in 2010 to identify constraints and possible niches. In 2016, a first Trade Policy Framework was adopted, followed by a National Trade Development Strategy that explicitly aims to “make trade a driver of economic growth” and to move Tuvalu out of the least developed countries category.
This strategy emphasizes several key axes
Promote environmentally friendly practices to ensure long-term growth.
Accelerate adoption of new technologies to improve efficiency and competitiveness.
Ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities for all segments of society.
– strengthen the private sector and local entrepreneur capacities, in an environment where the vast majority of activities remain public or informal;
– develop sustainable commercial fishing, to capture more added value locally rather than just selling licenses;
– explore small-scale but high-value tourism (ecotourism, cultural tourism);
– mobilize new forms of intangible “trade” (.tv domain, digital services);
– integrate trade into national development priorities (Te Kakeega plans, then Te Kete).
Studies however highlight heavy structural constraints: lack of economies of scale, transport costs, deficient internal connectivity (inter-island links), land constraints, extreme vulnerability to external shocks (climate, fuel price spikes, financial or pandemic crises).
The sea as the main “exportable resource”
Where History of the economic Tuvalu takes a unique turn is in the valorization of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). While the country has virtually no mineral or forest resources, its maritime space is home to significant tuna populations (skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye). In the 2000s and 2010s, fishing licenses granted to foreign fleets (Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, United States, New Zealand, etc.) became the first source of public revenue.
To complete with one sentence explaining the key figure.
| Fishery-related indicator | Value or order of magnitude |
|---|---|
| Size of the EEZ | Over 900,000 km² |
| Population involved in fishing | Approximately 42% of the population at various levels |
| Estimated gross value of fisheries (2007) | Approximately US$43.8 million (all categories combined) |
| Share of catches by international vessels (2009) | Approximately 93.5%, i.e., over 35,000 tons |
| License revenue (2009) | Approximately A$9 million |
| Share of licenses in GDP (2013) | Over 45% |
| License revenue (2023) | Approximately US$43 million |
These figures show that Tuvalu does not “fish” as much as it “leases the right to fish“. At one time, joint ventures like NAFICOT (National Fishing Corporation of Tuvalu) attempted to develop a domestic fleet (operation of the M.V. Taina with the Korean company SAJO in 2017), but the 2021 budget illustrates a refocusing: the state now prefers to rely on licenses and management fees for vessels flying the Tuvaluan flag, rather than direct management of vessels, deemed too risky.
This dependence creates a new vulnerability: the shifting of tuna stocks, due to climate change and ocean variability, could reduce catches in the EEZ. Recent reports already mention a flattening of license revenue after a peak in 2019.
Economic crises, stabilization fund, and climate shock
History of the country of Tuvalu since the 1990s has been marked by external shocks. The surge in food and energy prices in the mid-2000s, then the global financial crisis, weighed on purchasing power and public finances. Seamen’s remittances contracted, from about $2.4 million in 2001 to a projected $1.2 million in 2010, with the share of remittances in GDP falling by about 9 percentage points. Meanwhile, the market value of the Tuvalu Trust Fund—a sovereign fund established in 1987 by the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand to smooth state revenues—suffered from stock market turbulence, to the point of not being able to pay dividends to the budget in 2010.
Since 1990, this fund has contributed on average about 15% of the annual budget, preventing more frequent and deeper deficits.
The Covid‑19 crisis was less health-related than economic: thanks to an effective vaccination strategy and strict border closures, Tuvalu escaped the worst of the pandemic, but at the cost of a GDP contraction (–3.7% in 2020, –0.5% in 2021, –2.3% in 2022) linked to the halt of rare tourism flows and logistical disruptions. The recovery in 2023 (+7.9% growth) is partly due to the normalization of global trade and fishing revenues, but IMF projections indicate a gradual slowdown (around 3% in 2025, 2.1% in 2026), reflecting structural limits and climate risks.
Tuvalu suffers severe drought, state of emergency in 2022, inflation due to global food prices and water shortage, Cyclone Bebe which razed 95% of structures and contaminated water, sea level rise eroding coasts and threatening taro fields.
The public response combines targeted aid—such as payments of A$40 per eligible household in 2022 to mitigate inflation—, lists of price-controlled products, and above all an integration of climate issues into national development strategies (Te Kakeega, then Te Kete) and trade. Participation in regional and international initiatives on the “blue economy”, coastal adaptation, or marine biodiversity protection is now an integral part of History of the country of Tuvalu.
Trade, labor, and migration: a history in motion
If Tuvalu exports few goods, it “exports” labor. As early as the 1970s, many men found work as seamen on German cargo ships, trained at the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute, modernized with help from the Asian Development Bank (project completed in 2011). Until the early 2000s, these remittances sometimes represented over 10–15% of GDP. The Great Recession and fleet automation drastically reduced these opportunities, leaving hundreds of trained seamen without assignments.
The SWP program in Australia and RSE in New Zealand are essential for Tuvalu: they represented about 7% of the country’s GDP through expatriate remittances in 2021‑2023. Migration is increasingly perceived as an economic and climate response.
The Falepili Union agreement signed with Australia in 2023, entering into force in 2024, is an illustration: it provides for the possibility for 280 Tuvaluan citizens per year to settle in Australia for reasons related to climate change, while recognizing the sovereignty and continuity of the Tuvaluan state. The term falepili refers to the notion of good neighborliness, mutual care, and shared respect, rooted in local culture.
Traditional institutions and political modernity
One of the most striking features of History of the country of Tuvalu is the persistence of customary structures at the heart of the modern political system. On each island, collective life is still organized around the maneapa (meeting house), the Protestant church, and the falekaupule, an assembly of elders that embodies the “grey authority” (te sina o fenua). The Falekaupule Act of 1997 formalized this role by closely associating these councils with the elected Kaupule (island executive councils).
The modern state explicitly recognizes this duality: development plans and public policy decisions must take into account “traditional ways of community”; the principles of “courtesy, consensus-building, and agreement according to traditional Tuvaluan procedures” are presented as guides for interactions between national and local authorities.
Modern state
Concretely, this means that major directions—whether infrastructure projects, land reforms, or climate adaptation programs—must be discussed and accepted in the falekaupule. The pastorate, an LMS legacy, also remains very influential. Religious leaders, customary chiefs, and elected officials form a power triangle that largely structures society.
This continuity partly explains the relative political stability of the country since independence: despite some motions of no confidence and alternations, transitions occur without violence. It also explains certain slowness in economic or administrative opening, priority often being given to community cohesion and preservation of ancestral lands rather than liberalization.
History of the country of Tuvalu: an uncertain future, a strong identity
Today, History of the country of Tuvalu is caught up in an existential question: what happens to a state whose lands are eventually underwater or rendered uninhabitable by saltwater intrusion into the aquifers? The already poor coral soils are degrading, agricultural production covers only a fraction of food needs, and dependence on imports is increasing.
The government is mobilizing a multidimensional strategy combining physical adaptation, diplomacy, economic diversification, and planned migration.
Building seawalls, land raising, and protecting taro fields to cope with submersion.
Advocacy at the UN for the recognition of the legal personality of a state even without emerged territory.
Better managed fisheries, valorization of the .tv domain, and development of tourism niches.
Falepili agreement and SWP/RSE programs to organize population movements.
But behind these budgetary or diplomatic measures, History of the country of Tuvalu remains carried by more intangible elements: the Tuvaluan language, the fatele songs, the myths of te Pusi mo te Ali or Tefolaha, ceremonies in the maneapa, family networks that extend to New Zealand or Australia but still refer to the homeland.
In a few centuries, this archipelago has gone from Polynesian canoes moving between “eight islands that stand together” to a micro‑state confronting global markets, tuna price volatility, financial crises, and rising oceans. It has known slave raids, colonial domination, World War II bombings, low-budget independence, the rise and decline of deep-sea sailors, and the promises and disappointments of world trade.
The future of History of the country of Tuvalu is not written. But if we follow the thread of its past, one constant appears: the ability of this society to integrate external shocks without renouncing its deep structures—the falekaupule, the reference to vanua, the primacy of the collective. It remains to be seen whether these resources will suffice to face the greatest threat the country has ever known: the physical transformation of its own territory by the global climate.
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