Mauritius' President Warns About Climate's Damage to Her Country
- csrice8
- Dec 12, 2016
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The small island State of Mauritius, looked upon as the favourite tourist destination by many Indians, stands to lose its charm if climate change continues unabated, said the country’s President Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim at the millennium lecture on Challenges and Opportunities for Mauritius through the lens of a Changing Climate at the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation on Friday.
Mauritius, which ranks 14th on the list of countries at a high risk of suffering an extreme climatic event based on the World Risk Report 2014, is most threatened by rising sea level, which, in some regions, has risen to four times the global average, said Bibi Ameenah, the first woman president of the country. Increased acidity in the ocean was another concern that she raised at the event.
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