IN a Radio New Zealand International (RNZI news bulletin today, Tuesday, 5 September 2017, it was reported that the Government of India has vowed to help 7 Pacific States combat the effects of climate change.
Quoting from the RNZI bulletin it said:-
“The newly established India-UN Development Partnership Fund aims to help island countries become more resilient to extreme weather and other climate change impacts.
“The fund said since 1950 extreme weather events in the region had caused more than 9,800 deaths and affected 9.2 million people.
“UNDP Pacific is to implement the project in Tonga, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, the Cook Islands, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia.
“The project involves the provision of technical equipment and training of hydrologists and meteorologists.
“India is the world’s fourth largest emitter of carbon dioxide after China, the United States and the European Union.”
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
