At the Pacific Islands Forum, Vanuatu's climate minister Ralph Regenvanu — armed with a landmark International Court of Justice ruling — delivered a measured but unsparing verdict: Australia's approval of 36 new fossil fuel projects since taking office places it in contradiction with both its stated climate commitments and its emerging legal obligations to the Pacific. For the island nations gathered, this is not a debate about policy timelines but a reckoning with survival itself. The moment reflects a widening fault line between the promises wealthy nations make and the machinery they contin
Vanuatu minister condemns Australia's climate inaction as Pacific forum convenes
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