[WELLINGTON] Pacific leaders warned the world faces a climate crisis Friday but complained their message on global warming had been 'watered down' at Australia's insistence. Read more at The Business Times.
[WELLINGTON] Pacific leaders warned the world faces a climate crisis Friday but complained their message on global warming had been"watered down" at Australia's insistence.
Their aim was to issue a compelling global call to action from nations on the frontline of climate change ahead of United Nations talks in New York next month.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."I think we can say we should've done more work for our people," he told reporters.
"Watered-down climate language has real consequences - like water-logged homes, schools, communities, and ancestral burial grounds."Mr Sopoaga said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was behind the compromised language.
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