The Pacific's "talanoa" style of discussion is being integrated into world climate talks which opened in Germany yesterday.
Fijian dancers at the opening of the COP 23 conference. Photo: Facebook/ Fiji Government
Fiji is presiding over the UN talks - formally known as COP23 - which builds on the Paris agreement adopted two years ago.
There's a distinctly Fijian and Pacific flavour to this year's climate change talks with a "bula zone", where intergovernmental negotiations will take place.
There's also a traditional drua canoe at the World Conference Centre in Bonn.
The talks aim to push forward national climate action plans, the internationally agreed temperature goal and wider sustainable development goals.
The countries plan to design and launch a "Talanoa dialogue" which encourages open exchange of views and constructive debate.
Photo: Facebook/ Fiji Government
The leaders of France and Germany are among 20 country leaders expected to attend and the Marshall Islands president Hilda Heine is among the speakers.
Countries will work on how the Paris Agreement will operate and move forward unfinished business like the delivery of 100 billion dollars of support for developing countries by 2020.
