08/27/2024

‘The ocean is overflowing’: UN Chief Issues Global SOS

New reports warn Pacific sea-level rise outstrips global average

A “worldwide catastrophe” is imperiling Pacific Islands and the world must respond to the unprecedented and devastating impacts of rising seas “before it is too late,” the United Nations chief has warned.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a global SOS – "Save Our Seas" – from the Pacific Island nation of Tonga on Tuesday with a plea to the world to “massively increase finance and support for vulnerable countries” in grave danger of the human-caused climate crisis.

"The ocean is overflowing," Guterres said. "This is a crazy situation: Rising seas are a crisis entirely of humanity’s making. A crisis that will soon swell to an almost unimaginable scale, with no lifeboat to take us back to safety."

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