translated from Spanish: Countries could disappear underwater due to climate change

The fate of Pacific island countries could become catastrophic if the average earth temperature exceeds the threshold of 1.5 degrees, the level set by the Paris Agreement, some scientists warned the English media The Guardian after the publication of the recent report of the United Nations Instrument Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).This report on Climate Change notes that “there is a high confidence that the increase in the sea level will lead to a greater possibility of extreme coastal water levels in most regions, assuming all other factors are the same.”  The countries most affected by the climatic events of recent times are the Pacific islands, which suffer constant catastrophic cyclones, loss of islands due to rising sea levels, difficulty in developing agricultural activities due to the salinity of groundwater layers, among other factors. The report explains that greenhouse gas emissions must be halved to avoid exceeding the 1.5 degree point of no return. This situation is described as “very alarming” by Satyendra Prasad, Ambassador of Fiji and Permanent Representative to the UN, quoted by The Guardian.Read more: Proxy of the opposition party in Nicaragua leaves the country and goes into exile in Costa Rica “Exceeds what we all thought were the estimates… it presents some of the catastrophic scenarios we’ve been thinking about in the Pacific because of sea level rise, lowland loss, and possible loss of entire countries within the century. The deadlines for these things will certainly get much closer,” he said. Nurse cries for young people intubated by delta variant

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