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Australia to Help Pacific Neighbors Adapt to Climate Change

Phil Mercer

   SYDNEY - Australia is offering vulnerable South Pacific nations $340
   million to help them deal with the effects of climate change. The
   announcement came ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to
   Tuvalu for the Pacific Islands Forum this week, where Australia's
   reliance on fossil fuels was a dominant issue.

   Australia wants to help its Pacific neighbors invest in renewable
   energy and make their roads, hospitals and schools able to withstand
   extreme weather events.

   But Morrison met resistance in Tuvalu at a meeting of Pacific leaders.
   They have been urging Australia to phase out the use of coal that
   generates most of its electricity and generates billions of dollars in
   export earnings.

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