Rising Sea Levels Pose Threat to All, Warns UN Chief

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Facts

• UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Tuesday that while the Pacific islands may be the most vulnerable to climate change, 'surging seas are coming for us all.'^[1]
• Issuing 'an SOS on sea level rise,' Guterres warned the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit in Tonga of an impending crisis on 'an almost unimaginable scale.'^[2]
• Besides rising seas, he also spoke about threats to the Southwestern Pacific from other effects of climate-change, such as ocean acidification and marine heat waves.^[3]
• Guterres warned that the sea-level rise in these regions was twice that of the global average. He also used the forum to announce that G20 nations needed to 'step up' to massively slash global emissions.^[4]
• Without such cuts, he said the islands would see at least 15 centimeters additional rise in sea levels by mid-century and coastal flooding for over 30 days per year.^[4]
• Guterres's Samoa and Tonga visit comes ahead of September's special UN General Assembly session on rising seas, where the island nations may reportedly “speak loud and clear” to the rest of the world on issues they face as a result of climate change.^[5]

Sources: ^[1]BBC News, ^[2]RNZ, ^[3]Shropshire Star, ^[4]Nikkei Asia and ^[5]Newser.

Narratives

• Narrative A, as provided by Guardian. Human-induced global warming and the alarming rise in sea levels that it is causing threaten the very existence of Pacific island nations. The world's inaction on climate change has left Pacific islanders uniquely vulnerable, with 90% living near coasts now at risk of flooding and devastation. However, this crisis of entirely our own making will consume not just the Pacific, but ourselves.
• Narrative B, as provided by The Heartland Institute. Climate alarmists deliberately exaggerate threats to maintain funding and relevance. Despite historical data showing no significant increase in the frequency or intensity of such disasters. They continue to issue dire predictions, often linking them to human-caused climate change. Creating panic about rising sea levels and extreme weather events is an exercise in self-preservation, exploiting public fears to secure their futures.

Predictions