Enele Sopoaga Quotes

• Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a tragic future.

  Enele Sopoaga

  Fall, Humanity, Climate

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• Tuvalu's future at current levels of global warming is already bleak. Any further temperature increase will spell its total demise.

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  Demise, Levels, Temperature

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• A veces me pregunto si realmente hay buena voluntad en el mundo para preocuparse por salvar a los seres humanos, o si sólo lo estamos utilizando como camuflaje para nuestros propios intereses, el afán egocéntrico de obtener más beneficios.

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  Self, Worry, World

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• If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you supposed to go on these islands? There is none. The highest ground is four-meters (around 13 feet) above sea level, meaning you'd be safer in a coconut tree. How, though, are you supposed to get your grandfather, grandmother and grandchildren up there?

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  Moving, Grandmother, Grandchildren

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• People living on atolls like Tuvalu are among the world's most threatened populations.

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  People, World, Population

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