The worldwide catastrophe of rising seas especially imperils Pacific paradises, Guterres says

FILE - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at Lalomanu Beach, Samoa, on Aug. 22, 2024. Guterres toured Samoa and Tonga and issued a climate plea from Tonga's capital on Tuesday at a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum.

Highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued yet another climate SOS to the world. This time he said those initials stand for "save our seas."