The stakes are enormous :An increase measured in tens of centimeters could wreak havoc for hundreds of millions of people living in low-lying deltas and island nations around the world.

• 这导致的后果将触目惊心：海平面升高几十厘米就足以威胁居住在地势较低的三角洲及岛国地区的亿万人民的生存。