Vanuatu makes bold call for global treaty to phase out fossil fuels
by Miranda Bryant and Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#640T5)
President of Pacific island nation urges countries to join bid for nonproliferation treaty at UN general assembly
The Pacific island of Vanuatu has called for a first-of-its-kind global treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels in a bold public call at the UN general assembly.
Speaking in New York on Saturday, Nikenike Vurobaravu, the Vanuatuan president, urged countries to join his country's call for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.
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