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Pacific nations most vulnerable
2014-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pacific leaders warned on Thursday that entire island nations will disappear under the waves unless action is taken to address climate change. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) wrapped up its annual meeting in Palau with a call to action on the issue of global warming, with the 15-nation regional grouping saying there was no excuse not to act to curb climate change. We all know the causes of climate change, we know the solutions, Samoa Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi told reporters after releasing...
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Pacific nations urge climate change action
2014-05-27 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Songs of the Pacific have been heard at Parliament House as islanders from countries likely to be most at threat from rising sea levels braved the Canberra winter to highlight the issue of climate change. In traditional dress, the group performed a cultural dance and spoke about their concerns. The delegates, from Kiribati, Tuvalu and Papua New Guinea, are meeting federal politicians and officials representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Environment Minister Greg Hunt. They...
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Pacific nations 'very disappointed' by Tony Abbott's climate scepticism
2013-10-24 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott is risking the future of Australia's Pacific island neighbours by "burying his head in the sand" over climate change, according to Tony de Brum, the minister assisting the president of the Marshall Islands. De Brum told Guardian Australia that the Marshall Islands and other Pacific nations had been "very disappointed" with the new Coalition government's decision to scrap carbon pricing and abolish bodies such as the Climate Commission. On Wednesday, Abbott said that Christiana Figueres,...
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Pacific nations urged to call for global shift to renewable energy
2013-03-26 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SPREP: A powerful challenge was made to the Small Island Developing States today at the Pacific Energy Summit in Auckland, New Zealand. Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change called upon the Pacific Island Small Island Developing States to use their voice to call for a faster transfer to renewable energy use across the globe. Ms. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, addresses...
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