nulllinullate nullhange in Snullall Island
nullevelonulling States
Snullall islands have characteristics nullhich nullanulle thenull esnullecially vulnerable to
the enullnullects onull clinullate changenull sea level risenull and enulltrenulle eventsnull nulllobal sea
level rise has been increasing at a rate onull 1nullnull nullnull nuller year nullronull 1null61 to 1nullnull3null
and at 3null1 nullnull nuller year nullronull 1nullnull4 to 2003null
According to the 200nullIPnullnullreport, glonullal average sea
level rise nullill vary from null cm to null cm nully 2null0nullnulle
Global sea-level rise
IPnullnullmodels did not account for the accelerated melting
Metres
of ice sheets in Greenland and AntarcticanullSome of the
1.2
latest research, honullever, estimates a glonullal sea level rise
historical observations projections
of nulletnulleen 0null and null2 metres nully 2null0
null
nullSmall Island
1.0 records
Developing States, nullhere lonulllying coastal plains have New
0.8
provided attractive locations for human settlement, are
estimate
most at risknull 0.6
Inullnullacts and adanulltation challenges
0.4
0.2
According to the 200null IPnullnull report, small islands are
enullpected to enullperience largely detrimental impacts from
0
climate changenull Seanullevel rise is enullected to enullcernullate
IPCC 2007
nulloding, storm surges, erosion, and other coastal
-0.2
hanullrds, threatening vital infrastructure that supports
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100
the livelihood of island communitiesnullnulleach erosion and
Source: Cazenave and Llovel, 2009
10
.
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