Weathering the waves: Climate change, politics and vulnerability in Tuvalu

• Main Author: Lazrus, Heather
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Washington 2009
• Subjects: Cultural anthropology|Climate Change|Pacific Rim Studies|Political science; New Zealand; Outer Island; Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3377332

This dissertation examines perceptions of climate change impacts and related atmospheric hazards as well as the governance of vulnerability to those impacts in Tuvalu, a Pacific Island country. Rising sea levels, increasing sea surface temperatures, ocean acidification, and extreme events including...