Climate action is a “moral responsibility” for wealthy polluting nations, Tuvalu’s climate minister told AFP Friday, as the low-lying island nation pursues UN recognition for its heritage threatened by rising seas.

The Pacific island nation is one of the places most threatened by climate change, to the point that it might become uninhabitable this century if planet-heating emissions are not constrained.

Tuvalu has already agreed a landmark climate migration deal with Canberra that provides a way for its citizens to obtain visas to live and study in Australia.

It has launched a series of initiatives to ensure its heritage and identity live on even if its physical territory is swallowed by the sea.

“For us Tuvaluans, disappearance is not part of who we are,” climate minister Maina Talia

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