2022/11/15

Threatened by Climate Change, Tuvalu Island Nation Announces Move to Metaverse

● 15/11/2022
“Our land, our ocean, our culture are the most precious assets of our people and to keep them safe from harm, no matter what happens in the physical world, we will move them to the cloud.”
– Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe, announcing plans for a metaverse twin of the Pacific island nation as sea levels rise. “The idea is to continue to function as a state and beyond that to preserve our culture, our knowledge, our history in a digital space,” Kofe told COP27 climate summit attandees.
Reuters
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