The Pacific's scorecard for Australia's new climate policy is in: an improved effort but must do better.
The critique of the federal government's emissions reduction plan is included in the Pacific Islands Forum's final communique, seen by Australian Associated Press prior to its release on Friday.
The communique follows much diplomacy at the forum in the Fijian capital, Suva, this week which included a closed-door leaders' retreat on Thursday to discuss the region's most pressing issues.