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Climate change high on agenda for forum
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The Sydney Morning Herald
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Climate change is expected to be high on the agenda at the Pacific Islands Forum in Cairns this week.
Fifteen heads of government as well as more than 450 delegates will take part in the three-day forum, which starts tomorrow and is being held on Australian shores for the first time in 15 years.
Aid group Oxfam says the leaders of the region's two economic powerhouses need to take urgent action on climate change to prevent the destruction of several island nations.
Oxfam Australia executive director Andrew Hewett said many smaller nations, some standing just a few metres above sea level, were already feeling the effects of climate change.
Continued: Climate change high on agenda for forum
From: The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 August 2009.
