PNG PM calls on Australia to push for strong climate agreement

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apua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has urged Australia to be an advocate for the Pacific in pushing for a strong agreement at this month’s worldwide climate change talks in Paris.

PNG PM, Peter O'Neill calls
on Australia to push for
strong climate agreement.

The governments of more than 190 nations will meet at COP21 in the French capital, beginning on 30 November, to discuss a new global climate accord.

O’Neill and other Pacific leaders – whose countries are already experiencing the impacts of climate change – are preparing to vigorously prosecute their concerns on global climate action in Paris.

Read The Guardian story - “Australia must help Pacific islands at Paris climate summit, says PNG leader.”