7 September 2013: In the context of calls for concrete action to ensure the survival of small island developing States (SIDS), the 44th Pacific Islands Forum convened under the theme 'Marshalling the Pacific Response to the Climate Challenge.' The meeting concluded with the adoption of the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership, underlining the need for urgent action at all levels to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The meeting, which took place from 3-6 September 2013, in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, was opened by Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Secretary General, who stressed that climate change is "a real and most serious threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of the peoples of the Pacific."
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Source: IISD