Failure in COP 21 in Paris is a failure to mankind and humanity.
Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga wants this message relayed to the French Prime Minister through their ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga and Tuvalu, Michel Djokovic.
He made the comment at the signing of a maritime boundary agreement for Fiji, France and Tuvalu.
"We're signing at this moment on the eve of the world coming to Paris to try and conclude a legally binding agreement.
"I would certainly ask the ambassador from France, who has just returned from Tuvalu, to pass on the message of how uniquely vulnerable Tuvalu is, to try his best, as failure is not an option for the world on climate change," Sopoaga said.
He said leaders, who would be in Paris from November for the COP 21 meeting needed to be informed of the vulnerability of low-lying areas to climate change.
"Please kindly convey that to your leaders in Paris, to pass the message that the water is already lapping at the doorstep of every Tuvaluan house, and every Kiribati house and all low-lying islands
"The world will fail human kind and humanity if COP 21 should focus on saving economies rather than saving people who are already threatened by lapping waters on their doorsteps," PM Sopoaga said.