Commentary: Throughout New Zealand’s history, the nation has maintained a close and privileged relationship with its island neighbours in the South Pacific, exemplified by centuries of trade and migration. As the effects of climate change encroach on South Pacific nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, New Zealand has implemented an aid programme via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in order to mitigate the effects of the changing climate on these countries economically and socially. However, research depicts an aid programme that may do harm alongside good—by prioritising climate change mitigation over more sustainable and community-centred strategies, New Zealand has created a situation in which these countries become dependent on our solutions to their problems. By researching the controversial record of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies funded by developed nations across the South Pacific, it becomes evident that New Zealand’s programme of climate aid in the region is neocolonial and unsustainable.

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附加条件：新西兰在南太平洋的气候援助

评论：纵观新西兰的历史，该国与南太平洋的岛屿邻国保持着密切而优越的关系，几个世纪的贸易和移民就是例证。随着气候变化对库克群岛、斐济、萨摩亚和汤加等南太平洋国家的影响，新西兰通过外交和贸易部实施了一项援助计划，以减轻气候变化对这些国家的影响国家的经济和社会。然而，研究描述了一个可能弊大于利的援助计划——通过优先考虑减缓气候变化而不是更可持续和以社区为中心的战略，新西兰造成了这些国家依赖我们解决问题的方法的局面。