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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is dedicating $150 million to support climate change resilience in the Pacific Islands.
rnz.co.nz/news/political…
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says “Australia has to answer to the Pacific” on climate change & sea level rise.

The Morrison government is trying to water down the Funafuti Declaration to remove reference to a transition away from coal-fired power.

smh.com.au/world/oceania/…
Morrison ally Alan Jones tries to attack NZ PM Jacinda Ardern:

“Here she is preaching on global warming & saying we’ve got to do something about climate change. I wonder whether Scott Morrison is going to be fully briefed to shove a sock down her throat”

theguardian.com/media/2019/aug…
Alan Jones has previously attacked Audrey Zibelman, the head of the Australian Energy Market Operator:

“The woman is a global warming advocate and a promoter of wind turbines. That woman, watch out for her, she should be run out of town”.

reneweconomy.com.au/broadcaster-al…
“An annotated draft of the Pacific Islands Forum declaration showed Australia trying to suppress references to the climate “crisis”, 1.5C, carbon neutrality, a ban on new coal plants and phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies.”

climatechangenews.com/2019/08/13/aus…
Australian Jun Minister Alex Hawke did prep work for the forum.

He’s attacked “climate alarmism” & called Clean Energy Finance Corp “Orwellian”:

“To say climate change is human induced is to overblow and overstate our role in the scheme of the universe”

reneweconomy.com.au/australia-dema…
The Australian Government was a Koch Industries i360 client in the last Election.

A 2010 report showed Koch Industries gave $73m to climate sceptic groups 'spreading inaccurate and misleading information'

It has always been about oil, gas and coal:

theguardian.com/environment/20…
@jacindaardern’s NZ Gov is funding climate adaption and mitigation in the Pacific incl a desal plant in Kiribati, a coastal risk plan for Tokelau, management of marine fisheries in Fiji, Tokelau and Kiribati, and electricity plans for the Marshall Islands

beehive.govt.nz/release/nz-boo…
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