'Small Minority' Blocking COP28 Progress, Says At-risk Vanuatu

The COP28 meeting in Dubai is at a 'critical stage', says Vanatu's climate change minister (Credit: AFP)

A small minority of countries at UN climate talks are blocking a growing consensus to phase out fossil fuels, at-risk Vanuatu's climate change minister told AFP on Sunday.

The COP28 meeting in Dubai is at a "critical stage", said Ralph Regenvanu, whose low-lying Pacific nation faces a severe threat from rising sea levels and tropical cyclones.