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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

Support for Australia’s UN climate bid should be linked to ceasing fossil fuel expansion, Pacific leaders say

Residents wade through flooded streets in Suva, Fiji on 16 December 2020 ahead of super Cyclone Yasa.
Residents wade through flooded streets in Suva, Fiji on 16 December 2020 ahead of Cyclone Yasa. Australia has been accused of being lax in its response to the climate crisis, and Pacific Elders’ Voice say support for Australia hosting Cop31 should be conditional on ceasing fossil fuel projects. Photograph: Leon Lord/AFP/Getty Images

A group of Pacific Island elders, including several former national leaders, have taken out a full-page ad in the Fiji Times calling on their countries not to support Australia’s plan to host a UN climate summit until it stops expanding fossil fuels.

The ad on Wednesday by the group the Pacific Elders’ Voice was timed to coincide with a visit to Fiji by the Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen.

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