As rising sea levels threaten Pacific Islands, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issues a stark warning: the surging seas are coming for us all. Discover the urgent call to action for big polluters and what’s at stake if the world fails to respond. :globe_showing_Europe-Africa::water_wave: #ClimateChange #UN #PacificIslands
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00:00Imagine your home being swallowed by the ocean, your land disappearing under the waves.
00:05For millions living in the Pacific Islands, this terrifying reality is inching closer
00:09every day.
00:10United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently sounded the alarm from Tonga, warning
00:16the world that the surging seas are coming for us all.
00:18The Pacific Islands, though contributing almost nothing to climate change, face the gravest
00:23consequences.
00:24A triple threat looms, accelerating sea-level rise, warming oceans, and increasing acidity.
00:31These small islands are on the frontlines, and it's an enormous injustice.
00:35But it's not just their fight.
00:37This is a warning for the entire planet.
00:39Guterres didn't hold back.
00:41He called out the big polluters, urging them to cut emissions now.
00:45Only by limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, he said, do we have a fighting chance of preventing
00:50catastrophic outcomes like the collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets.
00:55But the Pacific Islanders are not giving up.
00:58Their resilience shines through.
01:00We are not drowning, we are fighting, they chant.
01:03Yet, they can't do it alone.
01:05The world must act, and it must act fast.
01:08The stakes?
01:09Nothing less than our shared future.
01:10So, what do you think?
01:12Are the big polluters doing enough?
01:14Should the world step up its fight against climate change?