'Fight for our lives': Fiji calls world leaders 'selfish' as it lays out climate crisis blueprint

Minister says archipelago in grave situation through no fault of its own as he unveils plan for net zero emissions and village relocation

Fiji will introduce one of the world's most ambitious legislative programs to tackle the climate crisis, and has labelled the global community's decision to set aside the call for global heating to be capped at 1.5C "grossly irresponsible and selfish".

In a speech to the Fijian parliament on Wednesday morning announcing the upcoming climate change act, Fiji's attorney general and minister for economy and climate change, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, called global heating "a fight for our lives and our livelihoods".