Everyone has heard of global warming, but busy with our every-day matters we don’t usually think about it and the problems connected with it seem distant and “virtual.” There are, however, places which are in real danger because of the climate getting warmer. The first country which is the victim of the global warming is small Tuvalu on Pacific Ocean which is inhabited by 12 thousand people. According to the survey conducted by the UN, Tuvalu whose elevation does not exceed 5m above the sea level, will completely disappear in 2050 covered by the waters of the Ocean. In other words, Tuvalu is literally drowning.
Is it still possible to stop this process? How can we help the inhabitants of the archipelago? What will happen to them when the disaster happens? Will they keep their culture? Will they survive as a nation? These and many other questions will be answered by the participants of the international conference “Help for Tuvalu” which will take place in Krakow on 4th and 5th December. The special guests of the conference include: Consul General of Tuvalu in EU who will open the event, Ambassador of Australia in Poland who will describe what kind of help Tuvalu has received from Australia and an admirer of Tuvalu Suuichi Endou – a Japanese photographer who wants to preserve the sights of this tiny country in his photos. The scientific part of the event will take place in the conference room of the Jagiellonian Library in Oleandry Street on Friday and Saturday between 10:00 and 12:30.
The organizers of the event: the Scientific Association of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and the Institute of political Studies and International Relations of Jagiellonian Unversity, would also like to invite everyone for additional events which will take place on
4th December in the Conference Room of AGH University of Science and Technology (in U-2 building in Reymonta Street). The viewers will have a chance to taste delicacies from the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, listen to a concert, see a dancing performance, a Suuichi Endou’s photo exhibition or a film about Tuvalu.