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Anote Tong

Anote Tong

Anote Tong is the former president of the Republic of Kiribati.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong this week visited Papua New Guinea and East Timor to deepen ties with Australia’s Pacific neighbours.

Real climate action will cement Australia’s reconnection with Pacific

Australia must immediately stop digging up, exporting and burning fossil fuels and become a global climate leader to help save its Pacific neighbours from catastrophe.

  • Anote Tong and Thomas Esang Remengesau

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Kiribati is effectively paying the price for the world’s addiction to fossil fuels.

While Australia fights for coal, the Pacific fights for its survival

Without emissions reductions, some small islands will be uninhabitable in the second half of the 21st century. But it is not too late to change course.

  • Anote Tong