Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison couldn’t have more different attitudes to climate change.
A category five tropical cyclone is predicted to threaten 95% of Fiji’s population in coming days. And Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has wasted no time in linking Cyclone Yasa — and other recent cyclones — to climate change.
“As the world is getting warmer these storms are getting stronger. Every one of us must treat these climate-fuelled catastrophes with deadly seriousness,” he said in a Facebook video.
Cyclone Yasa is expected to make landfall later today with winds of up to 250km/h and torrential rain.
