UN General Assembly calls for action to combat sea level rise
Quick Look
- The UN General Assembly has unanimously decided on measures to combat sea level rise.
- What is required are fewer emissions, financial aid for endangered countries and the preservation of the statehood of sinking states.
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Why It Matters
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution to protect states threatened by sea level rise.
The UN General Assembly has called for action to combat sea level rise.
The member states should save greenhouse gas emissions and provide more money for particularly vulnerable countries, as stated in the unanimously passed resolution. This also involves questions of international law so that a state sinking into the sea retains its statehood. “We must not allow countries and cultures to sink into the floods or allow the hopes of billions of people to die in the water,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr. spoke in favor of a coalition of small island states and pointed out the existential threat to them. "For countries that are literally determined by the ocean around us, sea level rise will change lives."
Open Questions
- How much money is allocated to vulnerable countries?
- What specific legal mechanisms protect statehood?
