Tuvalu - Citizenship By Investment
TLDR: Tuvalu goes underwater and might be willing to accept RADICAL INNOVATION
🇹🇻Tuvalu[edit | edit source]
- small on land, big on the water
- It is a very small island country of and is 26 km2 (10 sq mi). Due to the spread out islands it has the 38th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 749,790 km2 (289,500 sq mi).
- 12k people
- $3.5k GDP per capita
- 4m highest point (going underwater)
Recent press[edit | edit source]
2019-05-16 'One day we'll disappear': Tuvalu's sinking islands https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/may/16/one-day-disappear-tuvalu-sinking-islands-rising-seas-climate-change
2019-05-27 Seas rise, hope sinks: Tuvalu's vanishing islands – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2019/may/27/seas-rise-hope-sinks-tuvalu-vanishing-islands-in-pictures
2019-08-11 "Climate crisis is more than a meeting agenda item in a host country that could be left uninhabitable by rising sea levels" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/11/pacific-islands-forum-tuvalu-children-welcome-leaders-with-a-climate-plea
Sometimes in 2015 The leader of Tuvalu says his country is having to consider buying land in New Zealand and Australia to grow food and prepare the population to migrate as the seas slowly claim the islands. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/282241/tuvalu-looking-at-buying-nz-and-aust-land-for-displaced
Technological solutions[edit | edit source]
Floating islands
Plastic plant
Landfill
Cruise ships for scrap metal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cargo-vessels-and-cruise-ships-line-up-for-scrapping-11605022881
Dredging[edit | edit source]
- Hong Kong airport
- South China see islands
- Palm in Dubai
Nation state DAO[edit | edit source]
Slightly related to the startup incubator and citizenship by investment.
It is a good candidate to establish a nation state DAO — read more on Google Doc