COP21: Paris deal won't save low-lying island nations from rising sea levels, Kiribati President warns
Independent, 15 December 2015 , Kiribati
The deal struck in Paris at the weekend to limit temperature rises from global warming to 2°C is too little, said Kiribati’s President, Anote Tong.
He and other leaders from island states had called for the rise to be limited to 1.5°C at the most “if we are to be given a chance” of surviving.
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