Pacific leaders warn that without urgent climate action, the world as we know it will end, highlighting the existential threat of worsening floods and the need for immediate global intervention.
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Marshall Islands president warns of worsening floods as UN chief calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas firmsFailure to provide an overwhelming response to the climate crisis means “the world we know is over”, the president of the embattled Marshall Islands has warned, as dozens of leaders gathered in Turkey for the Cop31 climate summit.Hilda Heine, one of a handful of Pacific Island leaders to make an impassioned speech at Cop31 on Wednesday, told other heads of state that overshooting the 1.5C Paris temperature target would mean waves eating away their shores and floods that destroy towns, schools and hospitals. Continue reading...
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