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Source UNEP: February 2008
Cartographer: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Population, area and economy affected by a 1 m sea level rise (global and regional estimates, based on today's situation)

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Source: International Herald Tribune: November 17, 2007. Elisabeth Rosenthal reporting:

In advance of the Bali Climate Meeting, the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki Moon, called on the US to take a lead in stopping greenhouse gas emissions:

Ban calls climate change 'defining challenge of our age'

You can read an excerpt from the article here too:

Source: CNN: November 17, 2007

In its final report of the year, the IPCC issued its clearest warning to date about the need for real action really soon:
U.N. report: Urgent action needed on 'severe' climate change

Here are some excerpts from the CNN report on the IPCC report:
"Climate change is "severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action" can head it off, a United Nations scientific panel said in a report on global warming issued Saturday.