Fiji says Asia's biggest security threat is climate change, not conflict

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The low-lying Pacific islands, which include Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, are some of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the extreme weather events caused by climate change.

Fiji has been battered by a series of tropical cyclones in recent years, causing devastating flooding that has displaced thousands from their homes and hobbled the island's economy."In our blue Pacific continent, machine guns, fighter jets, gray ships and green battalions are not our primary security concern," Inia Seruiratu, Fiji's Minister for Defense, said at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's top security meeting.

The Pacific islands became a focus of regional tensions this year after China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands in April, alarming the United States, Australia and New Zealand, who fear a stepped-up military presence by Beijing in the Pacific.

 

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MSM Government Propaganda Machine 🙄

China is the world's number polluter and contributor to climate change at 10,000 million tons of CO2 released, double that of the United States at 5,000 million tons.

Their new friend China can save them...

Maybe... at the expense of people all over the world. Watching Chinese yahoo Taiwanese officials enjoy aggression all over the world. Are you happy?

Didn’t Al Gore have them bring under water by now?

What a dam lie. They have always been because they have always been low lying islands. Fake news

That'll teach you to side with China!! Merica 🇲🇾🇲🇾

No, USA said China. China, it is.

Spouting bs. Look at the politicians and elite that have bought waterfront houses.

Just an FYI: global warming alarmists told us that the Solomons would be under water in less than two decades - that was in the 70's.

So what is johnson's plan?

Or, they're sinking from erosion.

It's okay Fiji daddy Washington will tuck you into bed

joke

Why aren't they already under water?

Fake news...

And only China, would have the capacity to establish whether protection systems... Unfortunately US and the west busy manufacturing weapons and other methods of killing..

How much has the sea level risen in the past 20 years in these places? Serious question?

Not true.

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