The residents of Tuvalu -- a small island nation in the South Pacific about 700 miles north of Fiji and 860 miles northwest of American Samoa -- continue to plead their case as the victims of anthropogenic climate change. As I have discussed before, Tuvalu is a member of the Small Island Developing States who have been pressuring the United Nations "for enhanced measures to be taken on combating climate change, especially in speeding up the availability of funds for poorer nations to adapt to global warming." In a recent opinion piece from the Guardian, a resident of Tuvalu describes his efforts at lobbying Australian politicians to take action against climate change in order to save his island state. Some claims are made that require further scrutiny, such as this one: "Our people continue to experience the dramatic effects of climate change on our islands. Our traditional root crops, such as pulaka and taro, are gradually dying because of sea water intrusion...(Read Full Post)