CLIMATE SUMMIT
Island nations leaders meet
Tokyo - Leaders of 14 Pacific island nations gathered in Japan on May 22 to start a two-day meeting to discuss
their development needs, including steps to deal with climate change.
The seventh round of Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting came as host Japan attempts to boost its profile in the
Pacific, at a time of growing Chinese economic and political influence in the region.
Pacific island leaders have long complained about rising sea levels eroding their coastlines and of increasing
severity and fequency of extreme climate phenomena, likely caused by global warming. - AFP