全球首个沉没国家图瓦卢50年后或沉海

Tuvalu is one of the places on earth that is most vulnerable to the affects of global warming. The threat of sea level rise may bring complete disaster to the 10,000 Tuvaluans residing on nine extremely low-lying coral atolls.

图瓦卢是全球受到气候变暖影响最为严重的地方之一。海平面持续升高的威胁可能会给住在该国九个海拔极低的珊瑚岛上的一万多居民带来灭顶之灾。

A Tuvalu child protests the use of appliances and other products which bring about green house effect.

图为一名图瓦卢儿童举着标语抗议导致温室效应的电器及其他产品的使用。

We live in constant fear of the adverse impacts of climate change. For a coral atoll nation, sea level rise and more severe weather events loom as a growing threat to our entire population. The threat is real and serious, and is of no difference to a slow and insidious form of terrorism against us."

-Saufatu Sopoanga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, at the United Nations General Assembly New York,

声音：“我们生活在气候变暖的负面影响所带来的持久的恐惧之中。对于一个由珊瑚岛组成的国家来说，海平面上升和更严重的气候现象赫然耸现，威胁着我国的所有居民。这是一个真实而严重的威胁，简直就是针对我们的慢性、狡诈的恐怖主义行动。”

- Saufatu Sopoanga，图瓦卢总理在纽约联合国全体代表大会上