Tuvalu is a group of nine islands lying about half-way between Hawaii and Australia.

BBC: Pacific islanders flee rising seas

At first glance, Tuvalu is an island paradise, 26 square kilometers of white sand and lush foliage in the Pacific Ocean, north of Fiji.

CNN: Endangered Islands

Yet Tuvalu is likely to lose its entire territory if there's severe sea level rise, so it considers that 2C could be fatal for the nation.

BBC: Harrabin's Notes: Inside Copenhagen

So now Tuvalu is demanding a 1.5C degree target, which the UK Met Office has said in another side event here was virtually impossible given its projections based on the current level of emissions.

BBC: Harrabin's Notes: Inside Copenhagen

Paani Laupepa is assistant secretary of Tuvalu's Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment.

BBC: Pacific islanders flee rising seas

The answer is to get inventive: what about the Pacific dot of Tuvalu and its .tv?

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Each of these five countries, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have identified through their national education plans and strategies that improving the quality of their teaching workforce is of utmost importance in order to contribute towards increasing student achievement.

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