'Low-lying communities and entire countries could disappear forever,' António Guterres warned. 'We must keep working to protect affected populations.'
United Nations Secretary-General António GuterresTuesday that sea level rise poses"unthinkable" risks to billions of people around the world, with dangerous implications for international peace and human rights.
"Saltwater intrusion can decimate jobs and entire economies in key industries like agriculture, fisheries, and tourism," he continued."It can damage or destroy vital infrastructure—including transportation systems, hospitals, and schools, especially when combined with extreme weather events linked to the climate crisis."new data
"Even if global heating is miraculously limited to 1.5°C, there will still be a sizeable sea level rise," said the U.N. chief. The WMO projects nearly one to two feet of sea level rise by 2100 even if the Paris agreement's more ambitious target is met, and 6.6 to 9.8 feet over the next 2,000 years. "The danger is especially acute for nearly 900 million people who live in coastal zones at low elevations—that's one out of ten people on Earth," he added."Some coastlines have already seen triple the average rate of sea level rise."First, he said, policymakers must adopt transformative policies immediately to mitigate the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency,"the root cause of rising seas.
Second, more attention must be paid to the preexisting injustices that intensify the impacts of sea level rise, said Guterres.
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