联合国的一项最新报告称加勒比海的度假胜地在即将到来的这一世纪将面临由于海平面上升所带来的灾难。
       这项报告抽取安提瓜，巴哈马，巴巴多斯，百慕大，格林纳丁，尼维斯，圣基茨和圣文森特的旅游报告进行抽样调查。根据联合国计划开发署发布的预测，到21世纪中叶加勒比海岛国可能会由于海平面上升遭受重大损失，甚至是完全淹没水中。
       这项报告预测，海平面上升一米（这是大部分气象变化专家相信可能发生在即将到来的这个世纪）就有大约有150个现有的大型旅游度假胜地将遭受损失或将消失。而且，21个加勒比海的机场和这地区绝大部分主要港口都将面临重大损失。该报告还描绘了更加可怕的情况，那就是海平面上升得比预期的更高。根据这项预测，本世纪将有超过300个大型旅游胜地由于气候变化原因遭受损失。
 

      A new United Nations report says hundreds of resort destinations in the Caribbean are in danger of being destroyed by rising sea levels within the coming century.
      Tourist resorts in Antigua, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, the Grenadines, Nevis, St. Kitts and St. Vincent are just a sampling of the Caribbean island nations that could be severely damaged or even completely submerged by the middle of the 21st century as a result of rising seas, according to a dire prediction released by the UN Development Programme.
      In the event that sea levels increase 1 m—a scenario that most climate change experts believe is likely within the coming century—approximately 150 existing large tourist resorts would be damaged or lost, the report predicts. In addition, 21 Caribbean airports and most of the region’s major ports would be heavily damaged. The report paints even more dire circumstances should sea levels rise further. Under one scenario deemed plausible by the report, more than 300 existing large tourist resorts could be destroyed this century by climate change.