Heartening convention goers

Aloha and Greetings from Hawai’i. I was heartened to read of Pacific Delegation members activities during the Climate convention conference.

I represented Belau in the US delega tion to the Small Islands Conference in Barbados (yes, back then we were still technically a colony); I was both heartened and frustrated.

Frustrated because of the status-quo policies and performance of developed nations regarding current emission levels, but heartened (as well as hopeful) that Pacific Islanders’ active participation in global climate change fora can begin to chance hearts as well as policies.

Keep up the good work you all and the faith. Sorry we do not have participation from Belau; we trust that you will all speak up and stand for us. Please give my greet ings to Espen Ronnenberg and Yumi Crisostomo of the Marshall Islands and John Mooteb of FSM. We wish you suc

cess during the entire conference.

Mesulang (thank you).

Richard Salvador PhD Candidate

University ofHawai’i at Manoa Honolulu, Hawai’i