UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday (Feb 14) that sea levels will rise significantly even if global warming is “miraculously” limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius and said Earth is more likely on a path to warming that amounts to “a death sentence” for countries vulnerable to th
Every fraction of a degree counts, since sea level rise could double if temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, and increase exponentially with further temperature increases, the UN chief said. He spoke at the opening of a UN Security Council meeting on sea level rise, which was hearing from 75 countries, and said the council has a critical role in building support for actions to fight climate change.
The World Meteorological Organization released figures Tuesday, cited by Guterres, that say global mean sea level will rise by about 2m to 3m over the next 2,000 years if warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius. With a 2-degree Celsius increase, seas could rise up to 6m, and with a 5-degree Celsius increase, seas could rise up to 22m, according to the WMO.
Guterres said the danger is especially acute for nearly 900 million people who live in coastal zones at low elevations, or one out of every 10 people worldwide. Guterres has been trying to call the world's attention to the dangers posed by climate change, to spur action. In October, he warned that the world is in “a life-or-death struggle” for survival as “ climate chaos gallops ahead” and accused the world’s 20 wealthiest countries of failing to do enough to stop the planet from overheating.
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