International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
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ICCI is a network of senior policy experts and researchers aiming to spread cryosphere science and preserve the cryosphere's key role in Earth's climate system.
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Today in Tonga, UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched "Surging Seas in a Warming World" — a special technical brief on sea-level rise — alongside the WMO's State of the Climate 2023 in the SW Pacific report, at #PIFLM53. un.org/climatechange/…
NEW: UN report highlights the damages from sea level rise that can be avoided by limiting warming to #1o5C, with expert review from Bill Hare and Rosanne Martyr. More 👇🧵on the report launched by António Guterres in Tonga today. #climateaction un.org/climatechange/…
“The climate actions and decisions taken by political leaders and policymakers in the coming months and years will determine how devastating these impacts become and how quickly they worsen.” #ClimateAction António Guterres Read more on sea level rise: un.org/climatechange/…
Today in Tonga, António Guterres released a technical brief on sea level rise tiled "Surging Seas in a Warming World" alongside the World Meteorological Organization's State of the Climate 2023 in the SW Pacific Report. #climateAction bit.ly/3X4QMVR 🧵
“Rising seas are a crisis entirely of humanity’s making. A crisis that will soon swell to an almost unimaginable scale.” In Tonga, António Guterres calls for drastic global emissions cuts, fossil fuel phase out & boost to climate adaptation investments. un.org/sg/en/content/…
A new UN report out today and launched by António Guterres #ClimateAction in Tonga at the Pacific Island Forum highlights the extreme risks of level rise in the Pacific which can only be contained by limiting global warming to 1.5°, the Paris Agreement limit.
Rising seas will cause more frequent coastal flooding For some Pacific states, floods will go from <5 days a yr in 1980-2010s, to once a fortnight on average by 2050, and every 2-3 DAYS(!) in worst case! Info in new report by António Guterres #Climate Team is truly terrifying
"Big polluters have a clear responsibility to cut emissions or risk catastrophe in the Pacific, the most vulnerable area of the world" warns António Guterres The region is threatened by accelerating sea level rise, a warming ocean and ocean acidification bbc.com/news/articles/…