WELLINGTON: Pacific leaders warned the world faces a climate crisis but complained their message on global warming had been 'watered down' at ...
WELLINGTON: Pacific leaders warned the world faces a climate crisis but complained their message on global warming had been"watered down" at Australia's insistence.
But Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga conceded that a climate statement and communique released in the early hours of Friday morning after 12 hours of tense negotiations fell short of expectations.Advertisement "Watered-down climate language has real consequences - like water-logged homes, schools, communities, and ancestral burial grounds."Sopoaga said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was behind the compromised language.
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