Pacific island states pushed aside in race for U.N. funds: Tuvalu

ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Tiny Pacific island nations, among those hardest hit by climate change, are being outmuscled by larger states in the race to get U.N. funds earmarked for climate change adaptation, Tuvalu's minister of natural resources said on Wednesday.

At a meeting in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator where land-locked developing countries and small island states debated how to ensure future food security amid hotter weather and rising sea-levels, Tuvalu Natural Resources Minister Elisala Pita slammed the U.N.'s funding mechanisms.