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Ocean-threatened Marshall's leader posts climate video plea
2014-09-18 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak was forced to heighten the seawall protecting his home last year, but says the year-old defences are now barely enough to protect his family from a "climate emergency". PRE Friday, ahead of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's climate summit in New York City next week. Standing outside his home in the capital Majuro next to the heightened seawall, Loeak tells the camera that it is "barely enough to protect my family from the encroaching waves." "For...
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