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• Tuvalu is exploring alternative solutions for the survival of the nation.
• Up to 40% of Tuvalu’s capital is under water at high tide.
• The entire country could be under water by the end of the century.

Tuvalu, a small Pacific island nation consisting of nine islands and a population of 12,000 located between Hawaii and Australia, plans to build a digital twin of itself in the metaverse.

According to a Reuters report, Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe told the COP27 climate summit that it was time for the nation to explore alternative solutions for its survival as rising sea levels threaten its existence. One of the solutions includes becoming the first digitized nation in the metaverse.

“Our land, our ocean, our culture are the most precious assets of our people and to maintain…