Kench says that while the 27 islands in his study are just a small portion of the thousands of low-lying Pacific islands, it shows that they are naturally resilient to rising sea levels.

肯奇认为虽然他所研究的这27个岛屿仅占太平洋几千个低地势岛屿中的很小一部分，但这显示了它们对海平面上升的天然抵抗力。

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The Maldives, which wants to be carbon-neutral by 2020, is one of the most vulnerable countries to a rise in sea levels because its low-lying islands and atolls would be submerged.

马尔代夫希望到2020年达到碳中和目标，这是受海平面上升威胁最严重的国家之一，其低洼岛屿和环礁岛将被淹没。

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The Alliance of Small Island States warned that that some low-lying countries, such as Tuvalu or the Maldives, were facing "the end of history" due to rising sea levels.

岛国联盟警告称，一些海拔较低的国家如图瓦卢和马尔代夫，就因为不断上升的海平面而面临着消失的危险。

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Some of the most frightening forecasts in the report centre on the increasing pace of coastal erosion expected to accompany climate change, as sea levels continue to rise and low-lying shores become more vulnerable to storm surges.

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Environment Agency officials told residents in low-lying areas or near flood-prone areas to watch water levels.

BBC: Environment Agency warns of possible further flooding

European countries are among the few developed supporters of renewing Kyoto, along with a chorus of developing nations and low-lying Pacific islands, which are on the front lines of climate change due to rising sea levels.

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