The Pacific Islands, the UK and Climate Change an Old Relationship with New Urgency

SUVA, Fiji --The Pacific Islands are the farthest landmass on Earth from the UK. We are separated by some 10,000 miles of land and sea, and by a full twelve hours of daylight. But ever since the travels of early British seafarers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we have developed a deep and enduring relationship.

Many of the islands remain close friends and allies in the Commonwealth today, and share the democratic values that are the bedrock of that organisation. 

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Source: Islands Business