In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view. They are warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will.
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“In another 75 years, many ... members may no longer hold seats at the United Nations if the world continues on its present course,” the Alliance of Small Island States and the Least Developed Countries Group said. “The momentary drop in emissions this year cannot be allowed to generate any complacency about global progress,” he said, referring to the sparkling skies that followed lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus around the world. Pollution has crept back up as restrictions ease.
But the prime minister quickly shattered any dreams. While Tuvalu is free of the coronavirus, the pandemic struck as the island nation was recovering from a pair of tropical cyclones — storms that scientists say are likely to become wetter as the planet warms. From the Marshall Islands, also free of COVID-19, President David Kabua used the virus’s example to plead for more help now.
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