Pacific Islands Forum result is disappointing, but hardly surprising

By The Canberra Times
August 19 2019 - 12:00am

The negotiations lasted 12 hours, but even then, the resulting resolution was equivocal. It's hard to know how else to describe the compromises reached at the Pacific Islands Forum last week, when the wording of a climate change statement that began as strident and definitive ended as lukewarm and non-committal.

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