Climate change talks our 'last chance', say Pacific islands: 'This is not politics, it's survival'

Climate change talks our 'last chance', say Pacific islands: 'This is not politics, it's survival'

8 SEPTEMBER 2015

Pacific island nations under threat from rising seas have warned that climate talks in Paris represent the “last chance” to save them from obliteration.

The warning came  as a report castigated Australia and New Zealand for ignoring their small, impoverished neighbours’ calls for more robust action to cut carbon emissions. “What we are talking about is survival,” said Anote Tong, the President of Kiribati, a string of atolls barely 3ft (0.9m) above sea level.

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Source: The Independent

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