{"id":8700,"date":"2021-10-26T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=8700"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:24:11","slug":"glasgow-showdown-pacific-islands-demand-global-leaders-bring-action-not-excuses-to-un-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/glasgow-showdown-pacific-islands-demand-global-leaders-bring-action-not-excuses-to-un-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow showdown: Pacific islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses, to UN summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/wesley-morgan\/\">WESLEY MORGAN<\/a>  |   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pacific islands are at the frontline of climate change. But as rising seas threaten their very existence, these tiny nation states will not be submerged without a fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For decades this group has been the world\u2019s moral conscience on climate change. Pacific leaders are not afraid to call out the climate policy failures of far bigger nations, including regional neighbour Australia. And they have a strong history of punching above their weight at United Nations climate talks \u2013 including at Paris, where they were credited with helping secure the first truly global climate agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The momentum is with Pacific island countries at next month\u2019s summit in Glasgow, and they have powerful friends. The United Kingdom, European Union and United States all want to see warming limited to 1.5\u2103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This powerful alliance will turn the screws on countries dragging down the global effort to avert catastrophic climate change. And if history is a guide, the Pacific won\u2019t let the actions of laggard nations go unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/427475\/original\/file-20211020-16-45yd6k.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/427475\/original\/file-20211020-16-45yd6k.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama, has said Pacific island countries \u2018refuse to be the canary in the world\u2019s coal mine.\u2019&nbsp;Richard Drew\/AAP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A long fight for survival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacific leaders\u2019 agitation for climate action dates back to the late 1980s, when scientific consensus on the problem emerged. The leaders quickly realised the serious implications global warming and sea-level rise posed for island countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Pacific nations \u2013 such as Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu \u2013 are predominantly low-lying atolls, rising just metres above the waves. In 1991, Pacific leaders&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumsec.org\/1991\/07\/29\/twenty-second-south-pacific-forum-palikir-pohnpei-federated-states-of-micronesia-29-30-july-1991\/\">declared<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cthe cultural, economic and physical survival of Pacific nations is at great risk\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Successive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/\">scientific assessments<\/a>&nbsp;clarified the devastating threat climate change posed for Pacific nations: more intense cyclones, changing rainfall patterns, coral bleaching, ocean acidification, coastal inundation and sea-level rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacific states developed collective strategies to press the international community to take action. At past UN climate talks, they formed a diplomatic alliance with island nations in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean, which swelled to more than 40 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first draft of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol \u2013 which required wealthy nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions \u2013 was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au\/outrigger\/2013\/02\/26\/un-climate-change-negotiations-the-role-and-influence-of-the-alliance-of-small-island-states\/\">put forward by Nauru<\/a>&nbsp;on behalf of this Alliance of Small Island States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aosis.org\/\">AOSIS<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/427727\/original\/file-20211021-16-3712w0.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"people stand in water with spears\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Climate change is a threat to the survival of Pacific Islanders.&nbsp;Mick Tsikas\/AAP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Securing a global agreement in Paris<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacific states were also crucial in negotiating a successor to the Kyoto Protocol in Paris in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By this time, UN climate talks were stalled by arguments between wealthy nations and developing countries about who was responsible for addressing climate change, and how much support should be provided to help poorer nations to deal with its impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the months before the Paris climate summit, then-Marshall Islands Foreign Minister, the late Tony De Brum,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/will-the-paris-climate-deal-save-the-world-56071\/\">quietly coordinated<\/a>&nbsp;a coalition of countries from across traditional negotiating divides at the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was genius strategy. During talks in Paris, membership of this \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.highambitioncoalition.org\/\">High Ambition Coalition<\/a>\u201d swelled to more than 100 countries, including the European Union and the United States, which proved vital for securing the first truly global climate agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When then-US President Barack Obama met with island leaders in 2016, he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/09\/01\/remarks-president-leaders-pacific-island-conference-leaders-and\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cwe could not have gotten a Paris Agreement without the incredible efforts and hard work of island nations\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The High Ambition Coalition secured a shared temperature goal in the Paris Agreement, for countries to limit global warming to 1.5\u2103 above the long-term average. This was no arbitrary figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientific assessments have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CC-IPCC-report-1.pdf\">clarified<\/a>&nbsp;1.5\u2103 warming is a key threshold for the survival of vulnerable Pacific Island states and the ecosystems they depend on, such as coral reefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/427531\/original\/file-20211020-19-1kcu54i.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"coral reef with island in background\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Warming above 1.5\u2103 threatens Pacific Island states and their coral reefs.&nbsp;Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De Brum took a powerful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/parallels\/2015\/12\/09\/459053208\/for-the-marshall-islands-the-climate-goal-is-1-5-to-stay-alive\">slogan<\/a>&nbsp;to Paris: \u201c1.5 to stay alive\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Glasgow summit is the last chance to keep 1.5\u2103 of warming within reach. But Australia \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/resources\/paris-glasgow-world-move\">almost alone among advanced economies<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 is taking to Glasgow the same 2030 target it took to Paris six years ago. This is despite the Paris Agreement requirement that nations ratchet up their emissions-reduction ambition every five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia is the largest member of the Pacific Islands Forum (an intergovernmental group that aims to promote the interests of countries and territories in the Pacific). But it\u2019s also a major fossil fuel producer, putting it at odds with other Pacific countries on climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Australia announced its 2030 target, De Brum&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-08-11\/marshall-islands-slams-australias-carbon-emissions-targets\/6688974\">said<\/a>&nbsp;if the rest of the world followed suit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the Great Barrier Reef would disappear [\u2026] so would the Marshall Islands and other vulnerable nations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/427454\/original\/file-20211020-27-1vd7xjq.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/427454\/original\/file-20211020-27-1vd7xjq.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the months before Paris, the late Tony De Brum \u2013 then Marshall Islands foreign minister \u2013 quietly coordinated a genius strategy.&nbsp;Mick Tsikas\/AAP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Influence at Glasgow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what can we expect from Pacific leaders at the Glasgow summit? The signs so far suggest they will demand COP26 deliver an outcome to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumsec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pacific-Leaders-Statement-on-COP-26.pdf\">once and for all<\/a>&nbsp;limit global warming to 1.5\u2103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At pre-COP discussions in Milan earlier this month, vulnerable nations&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/global-warming-climate-talks-cop26\/\">proposed<\/a>&nbsp;countries be required to set new 2030 targets each year until 2025 \u2013 a move intended to bring global ambition into alignment with a 1.5\u2103 pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COP26 president Alok Sharma&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/paris-promised-glasgow-must-deliver\">says<\/a>&nbsp;he wants the decision text from the summit to include a new agreement to keep 1.5\u2103 within reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This sets the stage for a showdown. Major powers like the US and the EU are set to work with large negotiating blocs, like the High Ambition Coalition, to heap pressure on major emitters that have yet to commit to serious 2030 ambition \u2013 including China, India, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Fiji\u2019s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/environment\/climate-change\/pacific-nations-refuse-to-be-the-canary-in-the-climate-coal-mine-20211006-p58xrn.html#:%7E:text=warning%2520to%2520others.%25E2%2580%259D-,%25E2%2580%259CWe%2520refuse%2520to%2520be%2520the%2520proverbial%2520canaries%2520in%2520the%2520world's,making%2520a%2520single%2520serious%2520commitment.%25E2%2580%259D\">warned<\/a>&nbsp;Pacific island countries \u201crefuse to be the canary in the world\u2019s coal mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumsec.org\/2021\/08\/20\/come-with-commitments-to-cop26-forum-chair-statement-on-ipcc-report\/\">According<\/a>&nbsp;to Bainimarama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by the time leaders come to Glasgow, it has to be with immediate and transformative action [\u2026] come with commitments for serious cuts in emissions by 2030 \u2013 50% or more. Come with commitments to become net-zero before 2050. Do not come with excuses. That time is past.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author label wp-block-paragraph\">AUTHOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Dr Wesley Morgan<\/strong> is an Adjunct Research Fellow at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/asia-institute\">Griffith Asia Institute<\/a> and researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/asia-institute\/pacific-hub\">Pacific Hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This artic<em>le first appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/glasgow-showdown-pacific-islands-demand-global-leaders-bring-action-not-excuses-to-un-summit-169649\">The Conversation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WESLEY MORGAN | The Pacific islands are at the frontline of climate change. 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