World Leaders Need to See Rising Oceans in Pacific: UN Official

World leaders need to see rising oceans in Pacific

Noting last week's deadly floods in Nepal, UN deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed said rising seas in the Pacific were the 'other side of that story'.

World leaders need to see rising oceans in Pacific: UN official

Noting last week's deadly floods in Nepal, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said rising seas in the Pacific were the "other side of that story". "We do already know that a warming climate is changing the world's ice at extraordinary speeds, not only threatening the communities below glaciers but adding more water to our oceans," she told reporters. Mohammed was speaking in Palau, where Pacific leaders have gathered for an a…

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