COP21: Paris deal won't save low-lying island nations from rising sea levels, Kiribati President warns

Independent, 15 December 2015, Kiribati

The deal struck in Paris at the weekend to limit temperature rises from global warming to 2°C is too little, said Kiribati’s President, Anote Tong.

He and other leaders from island states had called for the rise to be limited to 1.5°C at the most “if we are to be given a chance” of surviving.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cop21-paris-deal-wont-save-low-lying-island-nations-from-rising-sea-levels-kiribati-president-warns-a6773311.html

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