Tuvalu's climate minister says Australia's export of fossil fuel 'immoral and unacceptable'; Pacific leaders calls for urgent deadline for end to fossil fuels
"‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels", 29 August 2024
Tuvalu’s climate minister has declared that “opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels is immoral and unacceptable”, just a day after Australia ratified a climate and security deal with the low-lying Pacific nation.
The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, welcomed the agreement with Tuvalu on Wednesday, saying Pacific island countries were “fully aware of the commitment that we have to climate action” but gas would continue to play a role.
On Thursday, Tuvalu’s climate change minister, Maina Talia, joined several First Nations leaders from across Pacific to call on Australia to set an urgent deadline for an end to fossil fuels.
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“Opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels is immoral and unacceptable,” he said.
“If this [Pif leaders’ meeting] aims for regional prosperity, we must address climate justice, sea level rise and the root cause of climate change, which is the burning of fossil fuels.”
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