Pacific Islands Forum to hold virtual climate summit

Wellington (AFP) Dec 4, 2020

Pacific island leaders will hold a virtual summit next week to demand urgent worldwide action on climate change ahead of UN-brokered talks on the issue. The Pacific's low-lying island nations are among the worst affected by global warming, threatened by rising seas and increasingly extreme cyclones. Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano said the Pacific Islands Forum - an 18-member region