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"Hot on the heels of trips to Washington and Beijing, Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese is now in the Cook Islands for the Pacific Island Forum. There, he
will aim to strengthen relations with Pacific countries and reaffirm
Australia’s place as a security partner of choice.
But to do that, he’ll have to repair a historic split from when former prime
minister John Howard met with Pacific leaders on the same island, Aitutaki, a
quarter of a century ago to defend his choice to expand Australia’s fossil fuel
industries.
Pacific leaders see climate change as by far their greatest security threat.
Sea level rise, stronger cyclones, marine heatwaves and ocean acidification
pose existential threats. They will ask Albanese to support a regional
declaration for a phaseout of fossil fuels.
What will happen on the atoll? We could see history repeat – Pacific outrage,
Australian intransigence. Or we could see a better outcome, if Albanese signals
Australia is at last ready to move away from fossil fuels."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
