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August 10, 2021

Small Island States Warn Climate Crisis Threatens "Our Very Future"
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Dozens of small island states said Monday that the accelerating climate
crisis threatens their very existence. Their warning came as the U.N.'s
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its gravest warning yet
on the climate crisis. In a statement, the Alliance of Small Island
States said, "The stark fact is that if we keep warming to 1.5C we are
still facing half a meter of sea level rise. But if we stop warming from
reaching 2C, we can avoid a long term three meters of sea level rise.
That is our very future, right there."


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