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"The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries
act on the climate crisis has caused cuts to the proposal but hasn’t entirely
killed it, according to the tiny Pacific island country spearheading the
effort.
The US has demanded that Vanuatu, an archipelago in the south Pacific, drop its
UN draft resolution that calls on the world to implement a landmark
international court of justice (ICJ) ruling from last year that countries could
face paying reparations if they fail to stem the climate crisis.
Vanuatu, one of several Pacific island countries that consider themselves
existentially threatened by the climate crisis despite doing little to cause
it, said it had to remove sections of its proposed resolution in the hope that
a reduced version could be adopted at the UN in a vote later this month.
“Having the Trump administration actively intervening in the market to stop the
phase-out of fossil fuels is very frustrating, it’s beyond what you’d expect a
government to do,” Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s minister for climate change
adaption, said.
“It’s going to have a huge harmful effect on the world and future
generations.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
