00:02In 2024 alone, global sea level rise rose by almost 6 millimetres.
00:08That may sound small, but the important thing to keep in mind,
00:12that it is the highest annual increase that has ever been reported.
00:16Over the past three decades, the rate at which the global sea is rising has also doubled.
00:21Around 770 million people, nearly 1 in 10, on Earth now live less than 5 metres above the high tide
00:29line.
00:30We need them to come and see and appreciate it for themselves of the challenges that we face every day
00:36and the need for the capacity for us to be able to adapt.
00:41And that capacity is both in technology, in finance and in expertise.
00:45We're not begging for any handouts.
00:49It's just that our capacity is very different from capacity of a developed nation.
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