The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of the UN Declaration on Sea-Level Rise, and thanks Australia and Cabo Verde for their leadership as co-facilitators.<\/p>\n
For many countries represented in this room, sea-level rise is not a distinct threat; it is a present reality.<\/p>\n
A reality that affects homes, livelihoods, and the future of entire communities.<\/p>\n
This declaration, the first United Nations membership-wide political response on sea-level rise, has shown that the international community can come together to address one of the greatest challenges of our time.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s adoption is a visible demonstration of international support for communities most vulnerable to its impact.<\/p>\n
The United Kingdom welcomes the declaration\u2019s grounding in the best available science, and its recognition of the risks posed by sea-level rise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We also welcome its focus on adaptation, resilience, and practical cooperative action.<\/p>\n
Throughout these negotiations, the United Kingdom has worked constructively towards a balanced outcome that supports the priorities of small island developing states while protecting important principles on climate governance, finance, and international law.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We welcome the continued primacy of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The United Kingdom recognises the importance of the legal dimensions of sea-level rise, including continuity of statehood and maritime zones.<\/p>\n
We reaffirm the importance of implementing international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.<\/p>\n
Low-lying states are facing an urgent and unprecedented threat from rising sea levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That is why we have recently announced a significant change in policy, with a starting point to continue to recognise statehood.<\/p>\n
Whether a state lost some or even all of its land to sea-level rise, we will ensure we consider the circumstances in each case, including the wishes of the people of the affected state.<\/p>\n
And the United Kingdom\u2019s \u00a3330 million pledge to the ninth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility that the Foreign Secretary announced this week is a further demonstration of our commitment to action.<\/p>\n
This new funding will help the GEF continue to address global challenges, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preventing biodiversity loss, with increased support for vulnerable SIDs and LDCs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s declaration is an important step.<\/p>\n
The task now is to turn shared commitment into practical action.<\/p>\n
The communities most affected by sea-level rise deserve nothing less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of the UN Declaration on Sea-Level Rise, and thanks Australia and Cabo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-781614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}