Leaders of island nations on Saturday pleaded with the United Nations to move more quickly to reduce carbon emissions worldwide in order to prevent flooding and damage from more severe storms in light of rising sea levels attributed to climate change. "Without international cooperation and concerted effort the impact of climate change will be devastating for all our nations," Navinchandra Ramgoolam, prime minister of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, told the world body's General Assembly. 

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