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...in April 2007. The French called it the "number one threat to mankind".
The representative from Papua New Guinea said the dangers that small island States and their populations faced [from climate change] were "no less serious than those faced by nations and peoples threatened by guns and bombs". An increase of just half metre in sea level would put at risk the very survival of the human population of many Pacific Island nations.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the scenarios facing us were alarming. Scarce resources--whether energy, water or arable land--could lead to a breakdown in established codes of...
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