World's Island States fear benign genocide if no action on Climate Cha
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The planet's small island states have warned the world will be committing "benign genocide" if it doesn't agree to drastic climate change measures. At a meeting in New York overnight, held ahead of the world's biggest gathering of leaders on the issue, they've demanded a new Copenhagen climate agreement, which will limit global temperature increases to as far below one-point-five degrees Celsius, as possible. And they've pleaded for an agreement on funding for climate adaptation.
Presenter: Canberra Correspondent Linda Mottram
Speakers: Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives. Tilman Thomas, President of Granada, AOSIS Chair. Penny Wong, Australia's Climate Change Minister.
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