Australia under pressure to boost climate change aid in Pacific

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Updated July 27, 2009 20:55:22

The Australian government has rejected criticism that it's doing too little on climate change in the Pacific, citing its international and regional efforts since coming to office almost two years ago. But a new joint report by a think tank called The Australia Institute and the aid agency Oxfam Australia is pressing Australia to do more. It warns climate change could force 75 million people in the Asia Pacific to become refugees in the next forty years.

Presenter: Linda Mottram, Canberra correspondent
Speakers: Bertarim Rimon, government climate change adaptation program, Kiribati; Richard Denniss, executive director, The Australia Institute; Andrew Hewett, executive director, Oxfam Australia; Duncan Kerr, Australian parliamentary secretary for the Pacific

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