Exclusive-World Bank President in Tuvalu says youth skills key to climate change plan
FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Friday that young people in the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu need training to help them move and adapt to climate change as he visited the frontline of the battle against rising sea levels.
Scientists say by 2050, half of Tuvalu's main town of Funafuti will be inundated by tides. A climate migration deal struck with Australia last year gives its population a pathway to move when its atolls become uninhabitable.The World Bank's vision for a liveable planet was wider than physical infrastructure, he said in an interview with Reuters."Why should they not have education and health care when they are growing up? It's not just a question of survival.
Talua Nivaga, vice president of the Tuvalu National Youth Council, said climate mobility"doesn't mean that we are right now requiring this movement of people at this stage". The World Bank said in December it will deploy 45% of its annual financing to climate change adaptation and mitigation by 2025. In the Pacific Islands, that goal has already been reached, he said.
"The IDA fund is very important because it is grants given to us. Right now it is difficult for us to borrow money and we like to see a continuation of that assistance from rich countries, given the problem we have with climate change," he said.Grace Malie, 25, one of the young people who spoke with Banga, said she learnt about climate change at the age of eight as her parents explained why the space for playgrounds was shrinking.
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