Full Coverage: Tuvalu

06.12.2002 On the front line of the battle against global warming, leaders of the tiny Pacific atoll of Tuvalu are fighting for their country's existence as rising sea levels threaten to wipe the idyllic island off the map.

05.12.2002 In terms of climate change, Pacific countries are the canaries in the coal mine, says Tom Price - "and in Tuvalu at least, the canaries are drowning".

05.09.2002 The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu is stepping up its threat to sue Australia and the United States over their "greenhouse gas" emissions, saying the island will drown as warmer global temperatures send sea levels rising.

29.08.2002 United States citizens are suing their government over the effects climate change-inducing policies are having on their livlihood, while leaders from Tuvalu are fighting for their country's life, as rising waters threaten to drown the entire Pacific island nation.

13.11.2001 Rising sea levels around the Pacific island state of Tuvalu have forced authorities to appeal for help to evacuate the population. Plans to cope with the impact of global warming have been exposed as grossly inadequate. Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation argues that an international solution to climate change is vital. Poor countries should not be paying debt service to the rich nations before ecological debts are reconciled.

14.05.2001 Tuvalu's Internet country extension is .tv - a domain name that is suddenly very marketable in the global online economy. TVE's City Life series shows how the island is playing the name game.