Tuvalu said on Tuesday, November 15, it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific island nation. COP27 READ:
Tuvalu said on Tuesday, November 15, it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and
“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,” he said in the video that sees him standing on a digital replica of an islet threatened by rising sea levels. Tuvalu will be the first country to replicate itself in the metaverse but follows both the city of Seoul and the island nation of Barbados which last year said they would enter the metaverse to provide administrative and consular services, respectively.
Up to 40% of the capital district is underwater at high tide, and the entire country is forecast to be under water by the end of the century.
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