South seas carbon bubble: Australia and a Near-Pacific regional climate pact

"The author argues that the new Labor government should initiate a regional climate pact, established within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change/Kyoto Protocol framework aiming at both mitigation and adaptation. He examines possible models for such a pact, and argues for the inclusion of major emitters Australia and Indonesia and a diverse group of smaller countries in the Pacific, saying that 'Environmental security is an issue best considered preemptively and cooperatively'."