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Pacific nations to highlight Cyclone Pam in climate talks
2015-03-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pacific Islands devastated by Cyclone Pam at the weekend will be using the disaster to drive home the need for a globally funded insurance pool to aid in the recovery from such events when they attend climate-change talks in Paris later this year. Ian Fry, the chief climate-change negotiator for the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, said the establishment of a permanent fund to help countries cope with the impact of climate-related disasters and other "slow-onset events" such as rising sea levels...
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