UN chief Guterres warns of fast-rising Pacific ocean

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UN chief Antonio Guterres issued a global SOS regarding Pacific ocean temperatures, rising at three times the global average rate. He called for a cutdown on emissions and support for vulnerable count

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00:00The wildfires in the Canadian Rockies are burning out of control.

00:04Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in Canada's western provinces of British Columbia

00:09and Alberta.

00:10Authorities say up to half of the resort town of Jasper has been destroyed as fires burn

00:17through the surrounding national park.

00:19You see that right there.

00:20The areas of California and Oregon in the western United States are also on fire.

00:29These wildfires and record high temperatures have prompted the UN Secretary-General António

00:33Guterres to warn leaders that they must do more to fight global warming.

00:38This past Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were the three hottest days on record.

00:46But let's face facts.

00:49Extreme temperatures are no longer a one day, one week or one month phenomenon.

00:55If there is one thing that unites our divided world, it is that we are all increasingly

01:01feeling the heat.

01:04Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere.

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