13 SEPTEMBER 2015
A number of small island states have signalled they may walk away from the Pacific Island Forum if Australia and New Zealand try to water down a forum statement on climate change.
Papua New Guinea's prime minister, Peter O’Neill has declared ahead of the forum meeting his country is hosting, that Pacific Islanders won't be abandoned to suffer in silence as seawater inundates their homes and crops, foreshadowing a showdown with Australia and New Zealand on climate change.
Source: Business Spectator Australia