Scott Morrison's betrayal of the Pacific was immoral – and completely unnecessary | Nicky Ison

Australia's regional and global influence will not grow unless we are fair dinkum about acting on climate change

As the Pacific Islands Forum comes to an end, Australia has yet again been shamed on a global stage for our inaction on climate change. The forum was held in Tuvalu, one of the lowest lying islands on Earth, where the effects of sea level rise are already being seen. For Tuvalu, a global commitment to limiting climate change to 1.5C is literally a question of survival.

By doing everything he could to water down the forum communique's climate language, the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, refused to listen to the words of Tuvalu's prime minister, Enele Sopoaga, when he urged leaders to focus on "survival, not saving the economies of countries".