Prime minister says climate change is the main economic and security threat in Pacific, during meeting with Japan, US and India
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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has praised the leaders of US, Japan and India as Australia’s “like-minded friends”, saying his new government will bring fresh energy and resources to the goal of ensuring a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific.
Meeting the US president, Joe Biden, the Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, and the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, in his first official meeting as prime minister, Albanese highlighted his government’s commitment to a more ambitious climate change policy as being in alignment with the goals of the Quad – the name given to the quadrilateral security dialogue between the four countries.