MAJURO, Marshall Islands: European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said on Wednesday that seeing the impact of rising seas in the Pacific first-hand had underscored the need for the world to take urgent action.

Hedegaard is in the Marshall Islands this week for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the first time she has visited low-lying atolls in the region, which are threatened by rising sea levels.

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