An environmental conference called ‘World Leader Summit of COP-26’ is going on in Glasgow, Scotland. Climate change is affecting the developing countries the most. So there is a need for awareness about it. In the conference, leaders of major countries of the world are giving different types of speeches regarding the environment. However, speeches alone are not going to improve the condition of the world. Meanwhile the foreign minister of a small country, Tuvalu, used a unique way of talking about the world getting worse by the day. The External Affairs Minister gave the speech standing in the water. Tuvalu is a very small island in the South Pacific.
Let us tell you that due to climate change, sea level is rising all over the world. Island countries are most affected when the surface rises. In such conditions, many island nations, including Tuvalu, are feared to be drowned in the future. Tuvalu is an island of just 26 square kilometers and has a population of less than 12,000. The land area of the island is decreasing as the sea level rises. In such a situation, his foreign minister, Simon, gave a speech standing in the water of the sea. Standing knee-deep in water, he told the world leaders that when global warming and climate change affect you, then it will happen but with us it is happening right now.
Tuvalu’s foreign minister has given a speech to the #COP26 conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line of climate change https://t.co/6MHgkbe0o3 pic.twitter.com/J2DKHjexHV
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 9, 2021
Significantly, this picture and video of Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon has gone viral on social media. Tuvalu’s foreign minister at this time said that he had no choice but to stand in the water and speak to show his country’s position. Simon gives video speech on the beach in Tuvalu. The video was seen live at the ongoing COP-26 conference in Glasgow. World leaders were shocked. However, it has been criticized by many environmentalists. According to experts, Tuvalu is not as affected by climate change as other countries. But the Tuvalu minister has also been criticized for stunting for the sake of publicity.