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Inaction on climate change will undermine US engagement with Pacific islands
Posted By Evan Karlik on November 25, 2019 @ 15:00
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[1] sued: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/11/15/california-nearly-two-dozen-other-states-sue-trump-administration-right-require-more-fuel-efficient-cars/
[2] Vanuatu: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-vanuatu-base-explainer/explainer-possible-chinese-military-base-in-s-pacific-fills-gap-sends-strong-message-to-u-s-and-allies-idUSKBN1HH1B4
[3] strategic encirclement: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-22/china-military-south-pacific-vanuatu-us-bases-australia/9770408
[4] Solomon Islands: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3027420/taiwan-tries-stop-solomon-islands-diplomatic-switch-beijing
[5] Kiribati: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-kiribati/china-restores-ties-with-kiribati-site-of-space-tracking-station-idUSKBN1WC2KB
[6] global chess game: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Loss-of-Solomon-Islands-is-no-significant-blow-to-Taiwan
[7] dominos: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3031152/how-us-and-australia-can-counter-chinas-charm-offensive-south
[8] Pacific Great Game: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/China-seeks-to-flip-nations-in-Pacific-Great-Game-with-US
[9] climate change: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/a-climate-plea-to-scott-morrison-from-a-churchman-of-the-pacific-s-sinking-nations-20190808-p52f4a.html
[10] greatest threat: https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/climate-change-not-china-top-issue-for-payne-at-pacific-forum-20180902-h14tsw
[11] promised $500 million: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-pacific-climate/australia-under-fire-for-coal-pledges-339-mln-for-pacific-climate-change-idUSKCN1V216D
[12] even tears: https://www.france24.com/en/20190816-asia-pacific-tuvalu-summit-australia-climate-warning-islanders-forum-coal
[13] the spirit of the Pacific way: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/19/asia-pacific/pacific-islands-challenge-australia-climate-row/#.XbTWypJKiM9
[14] Paris climate agreement: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/climate/trump-paris-climate-timeline.html?module=inline
[15] intention to abandon: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/climate/trump-paris-climate-accord.html
[16] antitrust investigation: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/460271-justice-dept-investigating-whether-ford-vw-honda-and-bmw-violated
[17] cap-and-trade framework: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/climate/trump-california-climate-change.html?module=inline
[18] one of the first countries: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/21/c_138491033.htm
[19] largest greenhouse gas emitter: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china/
[20] grew by 4%: https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-why-chinas-co2-emissions-grew-4-during-first-half-of-2019
[21] ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/23/china-factories-releasing-thousands-of-tonnes-of-illegal-cfc-gases-study-finds
[22] more than 300 coal-fired power plants: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/29/716347646/why-is-china-placing-a-global-bet-on-coal
[23] most likely to impact the Joint Force: https://fas.org/man/eprint/joe2010.pdf
[24] climate adaptation roadmap: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/605221/
[25] vulnerable to present or future recurring flooding: https://partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com/client_files/1547826612.pdf