Climate change submerges the Pacific island nation

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Kiribati, a low-lying Pacific island nation threatened by rising sea levels when opportunities to prevent climate change are still limited. .

Ban Ki-moon describes the small Pacific nation, where some villagers have been displaced as sea levels rise as the 'front line' of climate change debates.

As the leader of the United Nations, he said he will continue to represent countries, like Kiribati, to voice warnings about climate change. There are very fragile breakthroughs that bring prospects to the islanders.

Rising sea level threatens Kiribati island nation (Photo: AFP)

However, he said, climate change is still a top priority on the international development agenda.

The Secretary-General also paid attention to the climate change talks that took place in Durban later this year.

The climate summit in Durban at the end of this year aims to launch negotiations to find a way to solve the global warming problem. However, the US and the EU believe that they will not achieve results in a binding agreement on reducing carbon emissions.

Ban Ki-moon said that achieving political commitment is essential to quickly monitor climate change activity.

"We have to protect our world so our children and grandchildren never have to wonder why we are irresponsible, our only choice is to act now , " he said. demonstration in Kiribati.

Mr. Ban Ki-moon will travel to New Zealand to attend the Pacific Islands Forum, a summit of 16 countries in the region starting Tuesday (September 6, 2011) to plan the launch. climate change agenda.