Rising sea levels are threatening the lives of island nations of the South Pacific. Legal and policy challenges confront us over the development of newly discovered deep-sea resources.
As set out in The Charlevoix G7 Summit Communique, ocean warming, acidification and sea-level rise, together with extreme weather events, are affecting communities globally.
Sea level rise threatens coastal ecosystems, agriculture, even major cities. This is what one to two meters of sea level rise looks like in the Mekong Delta.
The consequences of a 1 meter rise in sea level by the end of this century would be very significant in terms of human well-being and economics, and potentially global socio-political stability.”.
People living in low-lying areas are particularly vulnerable to sea-level rises, while others are vulnerable to threats to food security and water security, loss of critical ecosystem services and increased health threats.
The Atlantic(Virginia Coast North) and western Gulf of Mexico Coasts' sea rise is projected to be greater than the global average by .3 to .5 meters by 2100.
In fact, it would lock us into a future where we would never get back to 350 parts per million- where the rise of the sea would accelerate, where rainfall patterns would start to shift and deserts to grow.
Extreme weather and the sea level rise will add to the number of people on the march in the coming decades, and people in rich countries will have to tackle the ethics of what we do to help.
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