Surging Seas: UN Chief Warns of Global Climate Catastrophe

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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 Location: London WooGlobe Ref : WGA661825 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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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?

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