8 SEPTEMBER 2014
The Marshall Islands foreign minister has spoken of his anger at learning the leaders of China and India will not attend a major UN climate summit scheduled for September 23.
Yesterday reports from China indicated president Xi Jinping will not make the trip to New York for UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s meeting. India’s Narendra Modi is also expected to stay at home.
Speaking from Samoa, where he is meeting small island state leaders to discuss their efforts to deal with rising sea levels and other climate-linked weather events, Tony de Brum said he was “shocked” to learn the pair would not make the event.
Source: Responding to Climate Change