Premier Ielemia opened a lot of eyes when he declared the Copenhagen conference to be an infuriating "failure." He blamed the powerful states, including the US, for using funding assistance as a weapon to force other countries to sign an agreement without any substantial carbon reduction targets.
葉雷米亞總理開門見山指稱，哥本哈根氣候會議是場令人憤怒的「失敗」，尤其是包括美國在內的強權國家，以援助金為威脅，強迫他國簽署無實質減碳目標的協議，「殊不知當地球氣溫上升 2 ℃，就是吐瓦魯的末日。」