Bowen urges new China-US climate talks
Source: https://www.katherinetimes.com.au/story/7916786/bowen-urges-new-china-us-climate-talks/
Author: Tess Ikonomou
Vanuatu will become the first nation to call for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, with the Pacific island nation's president Nikenike Vurobaravu to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2022. Vanuatu, already a carbon-negative country, absorbs more emissions than it produces and is one of the most at-risk nations for natural disasters, according to the UN. Mr Vurobaravu will use his speech to urge the international community - particularly coal and gas producer Australia - to phase out fossil fuels and stop new projects, and warn of the "debilitating consequences" of climate change. "Fundamental human rights are being violated and we are measuring climate change not in degrees of celsius or tonnes of carbon, but in human lives," he will say. "Our youth are terrified of the future world we are handing to them through expanding fossil fuel dependency, compromising intergenerational trust and equity."