In Samoa, UN Chief Says Low-Lying Island Nations Face ‘Annihilation’ by Climate Chaos

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned in Samoa on Thursday that low-lying Pacific island nations face the threat of “annihilation” from rising sea levels, cyclones, ocean heatwaves, and other dangers driven by human-caused climate chaos. “High and rising sea levels pose an enormous threat to Samoa, to the Pacific, and to other small island developing…