Climate Action Commissioner to participate in Pacific Island Forum meeting, visit Philippines

Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, will represent the European Union in the annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting in Majuro, Marshall Islands, on 3-5 September. This year's meeting focuses on the Pacific region's response to climate change. Commissioner Hedegaard will also visit Manila for talks with Philippines government representatives and the Asian Development Bank on 6 September.
Commissioner Hedegaard said: "It is my ambition to make the European Union and the Pacific region partners in advancing the global climate change agenda. The Pacific region can count on Europe's climate cooperation and ambition. We count on the Pacific region to help us bringing all other major economies on board of an ambitious future climate regime to be finalized in 2015.There is no time to lose if we want to avoid that devastating climate-driven disasters become the new normal.''