Hon Tavau Teii, until recently deputy prime minister and head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, points to the fact that because of climate change, tides have risen significantly in the past 10 years. “ This is why the Tuvalu people gave a new name: “ Time of King Tides ” to describe this situation.
甫卸任的吐瓦魯副總理兼「自然資源與環境部」部長 Hon Tavau Teii 強調，近 10 年來，受到氣候變遷的影響，大潮明顯地越來越高，「這也是為什麼吐瓦魯人賦予它『巨潮』這個『新』名稱。