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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst in Tonga and Adam Morton

‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific

Aerial view of Vanuatu
Sea-surface temperatures in the south-west Pacific have risen three times faster than the global average since 1980. Photograph: Christopher Malili/The Guardian

Pacific island nations are in “grave danger” from rising sea levels and the world must “answer the SOS before it is too late”, the UN chief has warned during a visit to Tonga.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, urged the world to “look to the Pacific and listen to the science” as he released two new reports on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum, the region’s most important annual political gathering.

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