The eyes of the world turn to the World leaders over the next two weeks as they converge in Copenhagen, Denmark where the much debated and anticipated Climate Change conference gets underway today.
The summit is designed to try and find a new binding agreement between all member states to reduce carbon emissions and replace the Kyoto protocol on Climate Change, which ensures that industrialized nations make firm commitments to reduce emissions.
The ABC reports that the strong pacific presence in Copenhagen will be strengthened with the inclusion of the Alliance of Small Island States.
Despite the pleas from the most vulnerable countries, the Pacific Islands states, some experts are predicting that no binding agreement will be reached in Copenhagen.
However, Lowy Institute for International Policies Dr. Greg Picker said while many believe the summit will be a failure, they believe otherwise.
And one of Island states most at risk is Kiribati.
This was Kiribati President Anote Tong's plea to the industrialized nations.
Fiji's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, who is leading Fiji's delegation to Denmark, has vowed that Fiji will continue to work with the Alliance and stressed that they shall not be passive observers and will make their concerns known.
Bainimarama earlier stressed at the UN General Assembly that Copenhagen must not be another compromise, it must walk the talk.
The Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen ends on December 18th.
Climate Change Conference starts today
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