CLIMATE POLITICS Political posturing ignores true forces shaping Pacific islands*

National leaders arriving at Tuvalu recently for the Pacific Islands Forum were welcomed by children singing “Save Tuvalu, save the world” while sitting in water symbolically drowning their island home.
In case the symbolism was too subtle for Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga informed him that “pouring your coal emissions into the atmosphere is killing my people and drowning my people”. Predictably, the meeting brought forth the usua…

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