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UN chief: Rising seas risk ‘death sentence’ for some nations

FILE - Small waves crash into reinforced seawalls in Shishmaref, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of this island community to vote twice to relocate. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, that even if global warming is "miraculously" limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), there will still be a sizable sea level rise. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FILE - Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pump sand from the ocean floor onto the beach in the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City on, Oct. 18, 2022. They are crafting a 250-foot wide sandy beach along more than seven miles of shoreline to help protect the city from storms and rising sea levels. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, that even if global warming is "miraculously" limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), there will still be a sizable sea level rise. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

FILE - Sukarman walks on a flooded pathway outside his house in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, July 30, 2022. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, that even if global warming is "miraculously" limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), there will still be a sizable sea level rise. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

UN chief: Rising seas risk ‘death sentence’ for some nations