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A slice of the Marshall Islands
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DELEGATES from the Marshall Islands warned today that their nation could vanish beneath the Pacific Ocean within 50 years if nothing serious is done to combat global warming.
Climate envoy Tina Stege said that the islands were already feeling the effects of climate change, including longer and more intense droughts and rising sea levels, and she urged world leaders to act before they disappear.
The islands, which have a population of 60,000 people, one of the world’s first countries to be severely affected by climate change, with 40 per cent of all buildings in its capital Majuro at risk from the rising level of the ocean.
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