Vanuatu’s special envoy on climate change for the Pacific has told Australia to back his country’s push to tie climate change inaction to the International Court of Justice, escalating pressure on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to act days before he meets with Pacific leaders in Suva.
Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen and Foreign Minister Penny Wong were contacted for comment. Wong reiterated in Singapore on Wednesday that the “new Australian government has been elected with a much greater level of ambition on climate change”. “We are serious about it,” she said. Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi said Australia’s support for the initiative would demonstrate that the new government “wants to be a climate leader rather than a climate laggard”.“Those least responsible for the climate crisis, including nations like Vanuatu, face the worst impacts of climate change,” she said.
The two issues, climate change action and China’s rising influence are set to dominate the agenda at the Pacific Island leaders meeting this week. Albanese is expected to arrive in Suva on Wednesday.On Saturday, dozens of Pacific activists and students, Greenpeace Australia Pacific and Amnesty International rallied at a flotilla in Suva calling for leaders to endorse the International Court of Justice campaign.
Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)
ErykBagshaw Bizarre when nothing is said about China the biggest polluter on the planet
ErykBagshaw the prize money goes to the loudest complainer
ErykBagshaw It's funny how you enable comments on a post about Labor but the post about an ICAC into Libs and comments are disabled. Pretty funny that. Bunch of hacks.
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ErykBagshaw Our 1.2% of global emissions are ending the world while China increases their emissions each year by our yearly total and nothing to see. You can’t make this stuff up 🤣🤣🤣🤣
ErykBagshaw Spineless Albo May say yes
ErykBagshaw Labor seem to be facing endless 'tests' according to . Deliberate language that frames Labor as a government that has to prove its qualifications. I wish I had the time and resources to go back and see how many 'tests' the coalition faced.
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