太平洋岛国领导人呼吁全球重视气候危机

太平洋岛国领导人在斐济召开会议，呼吁世界重视气候变化对低洼岛屿的威胁。1图瓦卢平均海拔仅2米，科学家预测其可能首先因海平面上升而无法居住。1AOSIS气候谈判团队主管Anne Rasmussen指出，海平面上升导致一些土地变得无法居住，并污染淡水资源。1

联合国9月发布的报告表明，在最好的情景下，全球气温可能至少上升1.8摄氏度（相比工业化前水平），超过2015年巴黎气候协议中1.5度的目标。1尽管2023年气候大会首次同意推动远离石油、天然气和煤炭的未来，但此后进展甚微。1今年年初，近60个国家参加了首届国际化石燃料转型会议。1本次会议将重点讨论气候融资、化石燃料退出等关键议题，为下月在土耳其举行的COP31做准备。1

Pacific island nations are intensifying calls for urgent climate action as sea level rise threatens their survival. Regional leaders gathered in Fiji to address the mounting crisis, with plans to travel to Tuvalu to underscore the immediate peril facing low-lying territories 1. Tuvalu, with an average elevation of just 2 meters, faces the prospect of becoming uninhabitable due to rising seas, according to scientific projections 1.

The escalating urgency reflects a widening gap between climate commitments and reality. A UN report released in September indicated that under the most optimistic scenarios, global temperatures will rise by at least 1.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels 1, overshooting the 1.5-degree target established in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement 1. Anne Rasmussen, chief negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), emphasized that rising sea levels are rendering some land uninhabitable and contaminating freshwater supplies 1. While the 2023 climate conference marked the first agreement to advance a future moving away from oil, natural gas, and coal, progress has been minimal since then 1.

Island nations are preparing for next month's COP31 summit in Turkey, where climate financing and fossil fuel phase-out will be central topics for discussion 1. Earlier this year, nearly 60 countries participated in the inaugural International Fossil Fuel Transition Conference 1, signaling renewed engagement on the issue.