00:07In 2024 alone, global sea level rise rose by almost 6 millimetres.
00:12That may sound small, but the important thing to keep in mind,
00:16that it is the highest annual increase that has ever been reported.
00:20Over the past three decades, the rate at which the global sea is rising has also doubled.
00:25Around 770 million people, nearly one in ten, on Earth now live less than five metres above the high tide
00:33line.
00:34We need them to come and see and appreciate it for themselves of the challenges that we face every day
00:40and the need for the capacity for us to be able to adapt.
00:45And that capacity is both in technology, in finance and in expertise.
00:49We're not begging for any handouts.
00:53It's just that our capacity is very different from capacity of a developed nation.
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