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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Adam Morton in Funafuti, Tuvalu

Agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘not open for renegotiation’, Pacific leader tells pre-Cop

L-R, the Fijian prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, Tuvalu's prime minister Feleti Teo, and Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese, at pre-Cop in Tuvalu on Tuesday.
L-R, the Fijian prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, Tuvalu's prime minister Feleti Teo, and Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese, at pre-Cop in Tuvalu on Tuesday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters

Pacific island leaders have urged a promised global transition away from fossil fuels must not be left open to renegotiation as they gather in tiny Tuvalu in a bid to build momentum before a major climate summit.

About 50 dignitaries – 14 national heads including Australia’s Anthony Albanese, a list of climate change ministers and the heads of global agencies – flew to the low-lying atoll nation in a bid to bring attention to the plight of the countries most at risk from the climate crisis.

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