Tuvalu, recreating itself in the metaverse for fear of disappearing

Faced with the possible disappearance of its territory due to climate change, Tuvalu decided to create a virtual twin country. The small island nation in the Pacific is digitally recreating everything from its houses to its trees, as it strives to save what it can.

Tuvalu, a small country in the Pacific Ocean made up of nine coral islands, faces a future in which it may no longer be habitable.

Rising sea levels caused by climate change are devouring its coasts.

Faced with such an existential threat, what do you do? Build dykes? Try to recover some land from the sea? Abandon the territory? All are solutions being considered by other island nations facing similar problems, as well as Tuvalu.

But this country decided to go a step further in its attempt to preserve its land and its statehood.

As the physical reality of the nation sinks beneath the ocean, the government is building a digital copy of the country, recreating everything from its houses to its beaches to its trees.

Tuvalu hopes that this virtual replica will preserve the beauty and culture of the nation, as well as the legal rights of its 11,000 citizens for generations to come.