Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
by Adam Morton in Baku from World news | The Guardian on (#6S9MC)
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Pacific governments at a UN climate summit are criticising Australia's plans for a massive gas industry expansion in Western Australia, saying it could result in 125 times more greenhouse gas emissions than their island nations release in a year.
As the Cop29 summit in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku begins its second week, representatives from Vanuatu and Tuvalu have called on Australia to stop approving new fossil fuel developments, including a proposal to extend the life of Woodside's North West Shelf gas facility until 2070.
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