A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a picture of what the world will look like if it gets 1.5°C, and 2°C, hotter than pre-industrial levels.
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| Part of the village of Eita in the nation of Kiribati, which is only two metres above sea level and is already feeling the impact of rising sea levels. |
Half a degree of warming may seem trifling but, for my country, Kiribati, these fractional figures are a matter of life and death.
Our whole nation is only two metres above sea level, and the report shows that the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of warming is several centimetres of sea level rise. Given that we are already feeling the impacts of rising water, every millimetre counts.
Read the story from The Guardian by Anote Tong - “While my island nation sinks, Australia is doing nothing to solve climate change.”
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