How Climate Change Will Effect Tuvalu

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Increasing temperatures

Rising Sea Levels

Water covering low lying areas

Ground Water Lens Salinating

Ocean Acidificaion

Changes in Weather systems

Damage to Marine Ecosystems

Less Food for the Tuvalu people

Lower GDP

More common droughts

More powerful cyclones/storms

Damage to the island through erosion and to manmade structures

Water supply problems

Less Efficient Farming

Lower GDP

Lower living standards

Lower GDP

Lower living standards

Less available space on the Island

Higher concentration of people on non-flooded land

Less space for agricluture

Lower living standards

Lower living standards

Lower GDP