Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid | Pacific islands
The Minister of Climate at Vanu’u expressed his disappointment about Australia’s decision to extend one of the largest liquefied natural gas projects in the world and said that it raises questions about its attempt to participate in the COP31 summit with the Pacific countries.
The United Nations is expected to announce the country that will host the main climate summit in the coming weeks, as it prompted Australia to the event in Adelaide as part of the “Pacific Police”.
Speaking to the Guardian, Minister of Vanuatu said to adapt to the climate, Ralph Regeno, that the leaders of the Pacific who supported the joint hosting proposal now have “raised questions”. Australia’s decision for the Greenlight Woodside’s North West Gas project until 2070.
Scientists and activists said that the extension of life can be linked to up to 6 billion tons of greenhouse gases that are emitted in the coming decades.
“This is not the leadership that we want to see from Australia, if they have to be a policeman at the same time,” Reginvano told the Guardian.
Australian Secretary of State Beni Wong Vanuato visited the week that her government had previously agreed to extend Woodside Gas plant. While she was there, she said that Australia was a “very heavy economy for emissions” and this “and that”[we] You must turn. “
Regino described this “double speaking from Australia” and it is afraid that this will happen during a policeman.
“It is confusing those of us in the Pacific Ocean to hear one message and then seeing the procedures completely contradicts what the government tells us,” Reginvano told the Guardian newspaper.
Despite his concerns about Australia’s support for fossil fuel industry, Regenvanu said he continued to support the Australian government at the COP31 show.
“We are still standing with Australia, but we are very disappointed with what happened,” said Regenvano.
“It is clear that it raises questions about whether Australia is actually a partner and whether it is really a friend of the Pacific.”
COP, or the “Conference on Climate Change”, includes meetings where governments negotiate how to respond to climate change while developing treaties such as the Paris Agreement to reduce global temperatures.
United Nations climate talks Be criticized In the past due to his detention in the major fuel -producing countries, with some experts calling on hosts to prove their climatic credentials first.
Pacific leaders supported Australia’s offer to host a Pacific policeman in 2026, saying that the conference will help highlight the crisis of calm countries as a result of the warm climate and help them defend the most ambitious global action. But regional leaders also criticized Australia’s constant dependence on fossil fuels.
The Palau president, Suranjel Websi Junior, said, “Written and Credibility” to partially display Australia depends on its commitment to stay away from new gas and coal developments. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Tuwalo, Climate Change and the Environment, Mayna Talia, said that the decision of Australia to extend the Al -Jarf project in the northwest was “threatening our survival and violating the spirit of climate partnership in the Pacific.”
