(b) Countries with low lying coastal areas

b) Countries with low lying coastal areas

Recognizing that low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems, are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change,

Recognizing that low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change,

Recognizing further that low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountain ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

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Parties shall take fully into account the specific needs and special circumstances of low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountain ecosystems that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

And you'll notice something about Tarawa it is very low lying.

Rainfall will lead to urban water logging and farmland water logging, so more focus should be on the drainage and defense work of high risk areas such as underpass bridges and low lying areas!

The recent spate of devastation caused by these natural disasters brings into sharper focus the extreme vulnerability of low lying coastal areas and small island developing States.

The destruction of small island developing States and other low lying areas will only be the first marker as the flood gates open for full blown climate change.

While Denmark has a long coastline and harbours and low lying areas are regarded as vulnerable, it was felt that the impacts of sealevel rise could be controlled by management.

As a coastal nation with a significant population in low lying areas, my country emphasizes the need for new action to ensure environmental sustainability, particularly as it relates to climate change.

A vulnerability that is so many times magnified for low lying small island States like Kiribati.

Many of the worst outcomes in Asia occurred in tsunami prone areas, such as the low lying coastal areas of Sri Lanka. Private insurance would discourage construction in the most dangerous locations, owing to prohibitively high premiums, while encouraging the adoption of tsunami resistant building standards in marginal areas.

Such raised earth parks are a low cost solution to the tsunami danger in low lying coastal areas. They use only local materials, provide a valuable community resource in normal times, and have the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives when a tsunami strikes.

But if you look at the globe, all around the earth, wherever there is low lying area, populated areas near the water, you will find increase in sea level that will challenge our way of life.

The desolation seen two weeks ago in the southern part of the United States of America has clearly demonstrated the vulnerabilities of low lying coastal areas, which are so similar to those of small island developing States.

My country, all low lying atolls, with no mountains, is also facing a most serious threat of sea level rise.

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No amount of engineering advances can fully defend and save our small island developing States and low lying coastal areas from the perils of the surging waters and rising tides of the sea, caused by the adverse impact of climate change.

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For small island and low lying coastal countries like Tuvalu the situation is devastating, threatening lives, human rights and our long term survival.

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But, given the small land masses of low lying coral atolls, there is a limit to the extent to which their populations can adapt.

The Marshall Islands had a tiny land size (approximately 180 square kilometres), consisting predominantly of low lying atolls (averaging 2 metres above sea level).

Environmental issues and, in particular, climate change and sea level rise are security issues for countries comprising low lying coral atolls, such as Kiribati.

Moreover, for many of them, in particular the low lying countries and small island States, the cost of adaptation measures was beyond their national capacities.

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The human populations in these areas generally have a low level of immunity to malaria.

New satellite communication technology could intervene in those cases in rural, low density traffic areas.

In rebel held areas, EPI coverage remained low, reflecting the lack of basic health infrastructure.

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