Australia is set to back Vanuatu’s Pacific Islands Forum push to send climate change inaction to the International Court of Justice, while Kiribati pulled out of the meeting
But concerns remain around the prospect of Australia attempting to water down Vanuatu’s request.
“There has been some concern that Australia was seeking to water down the language,” Newton Cain said. “This is a real challenge, and it’s one where we’re working hard, first, to avoid climate change where we can through our commitment to international action,” he said. “The idea of people leaving their land and the remains of their ancestors and detaching themselves is a very big issue for Pacific communities, and it is one that is viewed with an awful lot of trepidation,” she said. “There is a lot more to it than saying everybody hop on the boat we are going to take you somewhere where you are not going to be swamped by the sea.”Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will arrive at the forum on Wednesday, two days after Kiribati withdrew.
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