Pacific calls for revolution to deal with climate change

A group of 15 Pacific countries and territories has called on the international community to launch a revolution to deal with climate change when the United Nations meets in Paris for the COP 21 conference.

The group issued the so-called Lifou Declaration at the end of discussions in New Caledonia, exhorting the international community to heed the Pacific's proposals.

The statement calls for better access to funds to mitigate climate change, saying the islands feel the full force of climate change although they account for only 0.03 percent of global carbon emissions.