# Glacier melt and sea-level rise will continue: We cannot leave this to the next generation

https://mins.news/en/video/43928

- France 24 English, 2026-09-03 14:40 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGgE5qFFFlQ

> Oliver Farry welcomes Inger Andersen, the UN under-secretary-general and executive director of the UN Environment Programme. Andersen argues that decades of what she calls “carbon procrastination” have made global warming beyond 1.5°C unavoidable. The question is now how far temperatures will rise, how long the overshoot will last and what consequences vulnerable societies and ecosystems will face. Mitigation remains essential, alongside adaptation.

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