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Pacific Leaders Urge Unity Amid U.S. Climate Withdrawal

2/1/2025

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Pacific leaders are sounding the alarm as Donald Trump pulls the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and halts foreign aid. Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Mata‘afa and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape voiced their concerns, stressing the urgent need for global unity to combat the escalating climate crisis threatening their nations' very existence.

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Pacific leaders are sounding the alarm as Donald Trump pulls the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and halts foreign aid. Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Mata‘afa and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape voiced their concerns, stressing the urgent need for global unity to combat the escalating climate crisis threatening their nations' very existence.