Show me the money! Pacific governments lobby for climate finance

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In December 2008, Tuvalu's then Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia stood before delegates at the global climate negotiations in Poland. In a passionate speech, Ielemia argued that vulnerable islands nations in the Pacific require easier access to funding to respond to the challenges of climate change: 'Small Islands Developing States like Tuvalu need direct access and expeditious disbursement of funding for real adaptation urgently, because we are suffering already from the effects of climate change. How else can we say it more clearly?' Ielemia added: 'I am compelled to say we are deeply disappointed with the manner some of our partners are burying us in red tape. This is totally unacceptable.' There are many issues that make up the climate debate: the science of global warming, the urgency of efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions; and whether countries can increase the use of renewable energy and adapt to the effects of climate change. But at the heart of global climate negoti

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