President Anote Tong is among leaders of some of the world's most vulnerable islands calling for big polluting nations to stand up at the United Nations summit and ensure their survival.
As the richest country in the region, Australia faces Pacific calls to push for a strong deal that limits global warming to 1.5 degrees.
But so far, Tong hasn't seen evidence of that from the Australians.
“They've not been doing any batting at the moment for us,” he told AAP in Paris on Tuesday.