Abbott praises Aust climate change story

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is expected to face a hostile room of Pacific Island leaders during climate change talks in Port Moresby on Thursday.

PM Tony Abbott has arrived in Port Moresby to talk climate change at the Pacific Islands Forum. (AAP) Source: AAP

Prime Minister Tony Abbott insists Australia has a good story to tell on climate change as he faces a likely hostile reception from Pacific Island leaders.

Mr Abbott told reporters in Port Moresby he will be reassuring leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum that Australia was taking climate change action seriously.

Pacific leaders are pushing for the forum to back action that would limit a global warming temperature increase of 1.5 degrees, but Australia and New Zealand want it to be a two-degree target and are unlikely to give ground.