Over 200 climate scientists have taken out a full-page ad in the New York Times calling out Australia's 'climate annihilation', while Fijian activists impacted by rising sea levels urge Canberra to do more.
— a push from Pacific countries Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Tonga, Fiji, Niue and the Solomon Islands asking global leaders to phase out coal, gas and oil production.
"We recognise our history and the nature of our economy ... we are genuinely motivated to change that." Dr Wesley Morgan, senior researcher at the Climate Council, is an expert in multilateral cooperation on climate change and said although Australia likes to think of itself as a leader on climate change, Pacific nations have been the real leaders for decades."Australia likes to claim it is a leader, but in contrast to the Pacific global climate leadership, Australia is a global climate laggard and unfortunately, is still behind the eight ball," he said.
"It is global summits like these that are crucially important for setting an agenda for moving away from coal, oil and gas and shifting to a global clean energy economy and that will mean survival for Pacific Island communities," he said.
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