The latest international report on climate change has the attention of the 10,000 residents of Tuvalu.

The nation of 10 small Pacific islands between Hawaii and New Zealand is expected to be the first casualty of rising sea levels as the earth heats up in the coming decades. Some of its people already are among the first global warming refugees, people who, by the way, contribute almost nothing to the warming.

The international climate change report issued today in Paris carries warnings for every part of the world, including Maine.

The rising oceans expected to inundate Tuvalu and Bangladesh could wash away beaches, homes and salt marshes along the Maine coast, scientists here say.

The sandy beaches and low-lying communities of southern Maine such as Wells and Saco will experience more flooding, more erosion and more damaging storms in the coming decades if the world continues to use fossil fuels at its current rates. Some damage is expected even if the emissions stop.

State officials and scientists planning for the rising tides here are reading the IPCC report this morning. The report’s sobering, if not surprising, conclusions will add urgency to those discussions, one official said.

Climate shift means other changes here: hotter summers, milder winters, more droughts and more extreme storms. Some changes, such as milder winters, will be welcomed by many. But, added up, changes such as a two-foot sea level rise this century would be costly for the state.

What do you think? E-mail us your feedback on the report. And don’t forget the people in Tuvalu.