A report commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, warned that sea level rise already constitutes a present crisis, not just a future threat. The document emphasizes that this situation requires immediate action.
According to the report, sea level rise already directly threatens 770 million people worldwide. These data demonstrate the concrete impact the phenomenon is having today.
The report also warns that, by 2050, the phenomenon could force the displacement of 1.2 billion people. This projection highlights the potentially devastating scale of the problem in the coming decades.
The warning comes in the context of growing international concern about climate change and its effects already visible in coastal communities and low-lying islands around the planet.
