Threatened by rising seas, Marshall Islands leader posts video plea for climate action

Threatened by rising seas, Marshall Islands leader posts video plea for climate action

18 SEPTEMBER 2014

MAJURO -- Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak was forced to raise the seawall protecting his home last year but says the year-old defenses are now barely enough to protect his family from a "climate emergency."

"Out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, climate change has arrived," Loeak said in the video to be released globally Friday, ahead of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's climate summit in New York City next week.

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Source: InterAksyon

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