Pacific leaders condemn Australia's 'weak' climate target in open letter to Scott Morrison

Fourteen eminent signatories urge Canberra to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050

Pacific leaders have condemned Australia's Paris climate target as one of the weakest", urging Canberra to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and abandon its Kyoto carryover credits.

Fourteen Pacific leaders, including former presidents and prime ministers, foreign ministers, archbishops and other church leaders, have penned an open leader to the prime minister, Scott Morrison, as Pacific Islander leaders whose homelands and cultures face certain devastation from climate change".