Pacific island countries sign declaration on climate change

SUVA, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Pacific Islands Development Forum 's (PIDF) 3rd summit concluded Friday, where the Suva Declaration on Climate Change was signed, formed a common voice before a United Nations climate conference is held in France later this year.

Leaders of Fiji, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and the Federated States of Micronesia signed the Suva Declaration on Climate Change shortly before the summit concluded, while other countries have to go through certain procedures before endorsing the declaration, which Pacific leaders intend to take to Paris, France at the United Nations Climate Change Summit and place before the world as a bargaining chip.

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Source: Xinhua Net