The danger is especially acute for nearly 900 million people who live in low-lying coastal zones. Read more at straitstimes.com.
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday that global warming could force a mass exodus “on a biblical scale” as people flee low-lying communities and called for legal frameworks to be implemented in preparation, especially for refugees.
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says sea levels rose by 15-25 centimetres between 1900 and 2018. The rate of sea level rise depends on global action to cut emissions. The average rate of sea level rise was 1.3 millimetres per year between 1901 and 1971, increasing to 4.5mm a year during 2013-22, the WMO said. Sea level rise is driven in part by warming seas -- water expands as it gets hotter -- and melting glaciers and ice caps.
In the extreme case of humanity doing nothing to control rising greenhouse gas emissions, there is a risk of sea-level rise of 2m by 2100 and even 15m by 2300, the WMO said.Rising sea levels means shrinking land mass, he said, which could drive possible disputes over land and maritime space.
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