Sea-level rise, fuel shortages and missile tests top the agenda as Albanese heads to Palau for Pacific talks

Ashley Cooper/Getty Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Palau’s capital Koror this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum, and regional security is expected to top the agenda. China is testing nuclear-capable missiles in the Pacific, prompting talk of a new regional agreement. The United States-Iran war has exposed a reliance on costly fossil fuels that is undermining Pacific economies. And as the world comes perilously close to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal, a…