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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Adam Morton

Pacific nations push for global backing of fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau
Vanuatu’s prime minister, Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau, said a spate of record profits from fossil fuel companies showed polluting industries would not break from ‘business as usual’ without force. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Six Pacific island nations have issued a joint call for the world to back a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, and pledged to build a global alliance to phase out coal, oil and gas.

The push from countries with little historic responsibility for the climate crisis came at a meeting in Vanuatu, held as the country was in an official state of emergency after being struck by back-to-back cyclones.

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