Fossil Fuel Phase-Out, Climate Funds Top Pre-COP Agenda
Pacific leaders are pushing for climate finance that reaches communities and for stronger action as UNEP says the world could cross 1.5C within five years.
- Pacific leaders are gathering in Fiji and Tuvalu ahead of the November COP31 summit in Turkey to unify their voice on limiting global warming to 1.5°C and securing improved climate finance for atoll nations.
- A recent United Nations Environment Programme report confirmed the world is on track to cross the 1.5°C threshold within five years, with rising sea levels threatening low-lying nations and necessitating immediate global action.
- Delegates expressed frustration with existing climate-finance models, backing regional options like the Pacific Resilience Facility, which has secured pledges approaching US$173 million, including a $100 million commitment from Australia.
- Religious leaders from several faiths will launch a campaign on Tuesday across Australia to urge greater support for Pacific nations, with Tejopala Rawls, executive director of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, emphasizing Australia's responsibility to lead.
- Julie-Anne Richards, Make Big Polluters Pay campaign strategic lead, urged Australia to seize this leadership opportunity, arguing that domestic emissions progress must be paired with addressing fossil fuel exports to meaningfully impact global warming.
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Pacific nations take centre stage at 'pre-COP' summit
The UN "pre-COP" climate gathering kicked off on Monday in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world's attention to life on the frontline of climate change. The South Pacific is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to global warming -- from rising sea waters jeopardising homes to increasing temperatures causing coral bleaching. This week's talks in Nadi and on the atoll nation of Tuvalu are a precurso…
"We need you to come and see it," said the Environment Minister of Palau, Steven Victor, at the end of August during the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum. Ministers, negotiators and a small group of world leaders will participate from 5 to 8 October in the city of Nadi, Fiji, in a meeting aimed at boosting climate talks. Discussions seek to prepare the ground for COP31, the major UN-sponsored global climate conference, to be held in November…
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