Maina Talia

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Now, Tuvalu's climate minister, Maina Talia, says having world leaders visit and see his country's vulnerability firsthand was important in building unity ahead of the UN Climate Summit in Turkey.

He says he was proud that Tuvalu co-hosted the high-level pre-COP 31 meeting alongside Fiji and Australia.

Mr Talia spoke to our reporter, Lida Movono, about the meaning of Takopasoa, the name of the declaration signed by 30 countries this week.

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There's also, Aggie, a really exciting part, and that's the traditional dialogue that will take place between the leaders, the scientists, and members of the community before Climate Minister Maina Talia will farewell the leaders.

So people who are arriving today, they leave today, but the ones who arrived yesterday have had quite an intimate experience of Tuvalu's beautiful culture and people.

Yeah, and that's the thing.