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World leaders need to see rising oceans in Pacific: UN official
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A high-ranking United Nations official suggested that leaders of major economies visit a Pacific atoll to witness firsthand the impacts of record-breaking sea level rises. Highlighting recent severe flooding in Nepal alongside Pacific ocean trends, the official emphasized that accelerating climate change is rapidly melting global ice and threatening vulnerable communities worldwide.
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This call to action highlights how policymakers' direct engagement with vulnerable frontline regions could influence global commitments to address accelerating sea level rise and climate change.
KOROR: Leaders from the world's top economies should stand on a Pacific atoll to see the reality of record sea level rise, a top UN official said in Palau on Monday. Noting last week's deadly floods in Nepal, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said rising seas in the Pacific were the "other side of that story". "We do already know that a warming climate is changing the world's ice at extraordinary speeds, not only threatening the communities below glaciers but adding more...
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