The reader can tell from the Article that A. countries that emit high levels of carbon cause problems not only in their own
backyards but around the entire world
zero-carbon shipping is an impossible goal, so the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership
B. accepts a 40 percent decrease in carbon emissions from shipping as an achievable
goal
C. small island nations are unable to reduce air pollution since their levels of carbon and
other greenhouse gas emissions are already so low.
Dthe Pacific Island countries are the first to offer solutions to the problem of climate
change because other countries are not affected by rising sea levels