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Climate talks: 'Save us' from global warming, US urged (BBC)
By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent
19 November 2016
The next head of the UN global climate talks has appealed for the US to "save" Pacific islands from the impacts of global warming.
Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said that the islands needed the US now as much as they did during World War Two.
He was speaking as global climate talks in Marrakech came to an end.
Mr Bainimarama said that climate change was not a hoax, as US President-elect Donald Trump has claimed.
Mr Trump has promised to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement and scrap all payments for UN global warming projects.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38034171
