Asia Pacific Forum

Climate Change and Pacific Resistance (Asia Pacific Forum: 30 Jan 2017)


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In the United States, the new administration has shown a reluctance to accept scientific fact and outright and blatant denial of climate change as an issue. In many ways, Papua New Guinea is ground zero in the Pacific- where the immediate impacts of climate change is evident and where the evidence for such environmental harm is linked to the fossil fuel industry.
GUESTS:
Dagia Mai Aka is a leader of 350 Papua New Guinea (PNG), a local chapter of 350 Pacific. 350 Pacific is a youth led grassroots network working with communities to fight climate change from the Pacific Islands.
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