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'A Crisis Entirely of Humanity's Making': UN Chief Issues Climate SOS on Trip To Pacific
Pacific island nations are in "grave danger" from rising sea levels and the world must "answer the SOS before it is too late," the UN chief has warned during a visit to Tonga. From a report: The UN secretary general, AntÃnio Guterres, urged the world to "look to the Pacific and listen to the sc...
Pacific island nations are in"grave danger" from rising sea levels and the world must "answer the SOS before it is too late," the UN chief has warned during a visit to Tonga. Sea-surface temperatures in the south-west Pacific have risen three times faster than the global average since 1980, according to a regional report compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and released on Tuesday. The report said 34 mostly storm or flood-related "hydrometeorological hazard events" in the south-west Pacific last year led to more than 200 deaths and affected more than 25 million people.
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