‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels

A day after agreement was ratified at the Pacific Island Forum, the country's climate minister says root cause of climate change' must be addressed

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Tuvalu's climate minister has declared that opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels is immoral and unacceptable", just a day after Australia ratified a climate and security deal with the low-lying Pacific nation.

The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, welcomed the agreement with Tuvalu on Wednesday, saying Pacific island countries were fully aware of the commitment that we have to climate action" but gas would continue to play a role.

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