South Pacific leaders expressed their deep concern on Wednesday over the "serious and growing threat" by climate change to the region.
Leaders and senior officials attending the 38th Pacific Islands Forum said the climate change is threatening the economic, social and environmental well being in the region.
They said in a communiqué issued at the end of a two-day meeting held in Tonga's island resort of Vava'u that the forum's small low lying island countries have special concerns on the adverse implications of climate change, particularly in sea level rise.
They called on the international community to reach agreement urgently on an effective global response to realize the objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
They also called for more financial and technical resources to help developing countries fight climate change.
The Pacific Islands Forum, founded in 1971, is an inter-governmental organization which aims to enhance cooperation between the states in the South Pacific. It groups 16 member nations, namely Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Niue, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Source: Xinhua
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