Alarmed at the pace of
change to our Earth caused by human - induced
climate change, including
accelerating melting
and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas
and Antarctica,
acidification of the world's
oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging
and intense drought
and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions
and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks
changing the face of the planet
and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions
and vulnerable countries the world over,
The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of
change to our Earth caused by human - induced
climate change, including
accelerating melting
and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas
and Antarctica,
acidification of the world's
oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging
and intense drought
and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions
and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks
changing the face of the planet
and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions
and vulnerable countries the world over...»