Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport, College of the Marshall Islands

COP26: Australia, Pacific big brother or big bully?

Stuff.co.nz reports that The Australian government has used its diplomatic weight in the Pacific to divide small island states in their efforts to lobby for climate action, according to a report by Greenpeace endorsed by former Pacific leaders that has been launched at COP26. Read here and watch video

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In a foreword to the report, Pacific Bully and International Outcast, Anote Tong, a former president of Kiribati and an elder statesman of both Pacific and climate change politics, criticises the commitments Australia brought to the UN climate summit in Glasgow.

Former Kiribati president Anote Tong says the changing climate policies in Australia and New Zealand have been a "huge source of disappointment for us".
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Former Kiribati president Anote Tong says the changing climate policies in Australia and New Zealand have been a "huge source of disappointment for us".