Climate change in the South Pacific : impacts and responses in Australia, New Zealand, and small island states.

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Introduction -- The potential impacts of climate change -- The formation of Australian climate change policy: 1985-1995 -- Climate change policies in Australia -- A critique of the Australian Government's greenhouse policies -- Climate change policy formation in Australia: 1995-1998 -- The Australian position at the Kyoto conference -- The impacts of climate change on New Zealand -- New Zealand climate policy between 1990 and 1996: a Greenpeace perspective -- New Zealand and the climate change debate: 1995 -1998 -- The role of carbon sequestration as a response strategy to global warming, with a particular focus on New Zealand -- Joint implementation: a survey of principles and practical issues -- The impact of climate change on Pacific Island developing countries in the 21st century -- Parochialims and empowerment: responding to ecocolonialism and globalisation in the Southwest Pacific -- Climate change in the Pacific: science-based information and understanding -- How South Pacific mangroves may respond to predicted climate change and sea-level rise -- United Nations framework convention on climate change -- Kyoto protocol -- AOSIS protocol proposal -- IPCC special report