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Low-Lying Pacific Islands Pin Hopes on UN Meeting as Sea Rise Threatens Survival
mardi 24 septembre 2024, 18:50 , par Slashdot
This week the United Nations general assembly will hold a high-level meeting to address the existential threats posed by sea level rise as the issue climbs the international agenda; last year the UN security council debated it for the first time. Wednesday's meeting aims to build political consensus on action to address the widespread social, economic and legal consequences of rising seas. Samoa's UN representative, Fatumanava Dr Pa'olelei Luteru, says the upcoming UN meeting is long overdue and 'extremely important' for island nations. 'Economically, militarily, we're not powerful,' says Luteru, who also serves as the current chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). 'At least within the context of the UN and the multilateral system we have the possibility and the opportunity to engage and achieve some of the things that are a priority for us.' Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1618221/low-lying-pacific-islands-pin-hopes-on-un-meeting-a...
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