New Zealand, Feb. 12 -- New Zealand feels it can play a stronger and more vital role with regards to climate change in the Pacific.
New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio says most parts of the world especially the major players who contribute to carbon emissions, are still oblivious to what the Pacific is experiencing particularly in the low lying atolls of Kiribati, Tuvalu and Marshall Islands.
Sio was speaking through a video message at the opening of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) CEO's Summit in Auckland this morning.
"So, we have a role to play not only in helping our population better understand the impact of climate change but we have a role to educate the rest of the world of the impact of ris...