Pacific calls for urgent climate action

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 09, 2021 12:25 am

SUVA, Fiji: Pacific island leaders have urged industrialized nations to bring plans for real action, not good intentions, to upcoming climate talks, painting a grim picture of the environmental horrors they face.

Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said low-lying Pacific states were bearing the brunt of global warming's impact and their voices must be heard at UN-brokered climate negotiations in Glasgow next month.

REAL ACTION NEEDED Massive video screen outside the White House plays ad critical of the Biden administration for pledging climate action while expanding oil and gas drilling on public lands on Oct. 7, 2021 in Washington, D.C. AFP PHOTO

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