Enele Sopoaga Born : February 10, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Enele Sopoaga If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you supposed to go on these islands? There is none. The highest ground is four-meters (around 13 feet) above sea level, meaning you'd be safer in a coconut tree. How, though, are you supposed to get your grandfather, grandmother and grandchildren up there? Enele Sopoaga grandchildrengrandmothermoving Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a tragic future. Enele Sopoaga climatehumanityfall Tuvalu's future at current levels of global warming is already bleak. Any further temperature increase will spell its total demise. Enele Sopoaga temperaturedemiselevels Sometimes I wonder if there is really goodwill in the world to worry about saving human beings, or whether we are just using that as camouflage for our own interests, the self-centered drive for more profits. Enele Sopoaga selfworryworld People living on atolls like Tuvalu are among the world's most threatened populations. Enele Sopoaga populationpeopleworld Think of a situation where Tuvaluans have to be relocated because no land is there, under current international law, we don't have any framework to work from. Enele Sopoaga environment We have a real situation on our hands right now - 62,000 people every day are displaced by the impacts of climate change, we are going to see more of that happening, as predicted by science. Enele Sopoaga environment
