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Preocupações com a mudança climática no 50º encontro do FIP
August 13, 2019 - August 16, 2019 - Os líderes do 50º Fórum das Ilhas do Pacífico reunidos em Funafuti vão concentrar-se na mudança climática, identificando o problema como “a maior ameaça ao modo de vida, segurança e bem-estar dos povos do Pacífico”.
The forum’s Boe Declaration specifically identifies the threat from climate change as “the single greatest threat to the livelihood, security and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific”.
The PIF communiqué on the declaration calls on countries to meet their emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Climate disaster has already arrived for many in the region, with some PIF nations barely poking their noses above the ocean – Tuvalu lists its highest point as 4.6 metres – and rising oceans are eating into their limited land mass.
The current predicted sea level rise of 2 meters by 2100 will mean total submersion for several PIF states. The climate change threat of more numerous and ferocious cyclones adds to the region’s fear for the future.