Saturday, 17 August 2019

‘Our people are dying’: Australia’s climate confrontation in the Pacific

Leaders at this week’s Pacific Islands Forum couldn’t disguise their anger over Canberra’s climate crisis ‘red lines’

It was always going to be a showdown on the climate crisis.

As leaders from the Pacific gathered in Tuvalu for their annual Pacific Islands Forum, there was one subject destined to dwarf all others and which pitted Australia, with its increasing emissions and plans for new coalmines, against its small island neighbours.

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