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A block of 6 Pacific countries just agreed to spearhead a global fossil fuel phase-out effort including:

⚖️ creating an alliance of countries to negotiate a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

🛢️ joining @beyondoilgas

🌏 a just transition to a "Fossil Fuel Free Pacific"

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The “Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific” is the official outcome document from a three-day high-level meeting of Ministers and officials from across the Pacific.

You can read the full outcome here via @CANPacificIs pican.org/fossil-free-pa…

The powerful outcome text was written by Ministers and officials from a block of six Pacific countries –

🇻🇺 Vanuatu
🇹🇻 Tuvalu
🇹🇴 Tonga
🇫🇯 Fiji
🇳🇺 Niue
🇸🇧 the Solomon Islands

Their meeting took place in Port Vila during a State of Emergency due to TWO severe tropical cyclones that made landfall in Vanuatu within 48hrs of each other last week.

Vanuatu still held the meeting due to the urgency of ending the fossil fuel era. aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/4/…

This high-level dialogue was the second major meeting of Pacific Ministers, after the first convening at #COP27.

The hosts of both dialogues are Vanuatu and Tuvalu who have formally called for the negotiation of a #FossilFuelTreaty. theguardian.com/environment/20…

During the Ministerial meeting this week, Vanuatu's Climate Minister, @RRegenvanu penned this powerful oped outlining his case for a just transition and the need for a #FossilFuelTreaty.

Pacific Island nations bear almost no historical responsibility for the climate crisis, yet have been international climate policy leaders and at the forefront of the demand for action on a fossil fuel phase-out for decades.

In fact, the very idea of a global treaty on fossil fuels first came from Pacific's 2015 Suva Declaration.

Today, Pacific Island nations have once again led to redefine climate leadership by challenging the root cause of the climate crisis oil, gas and coal.

We look forward to supporting their powerful work to spearhead a fossil fuel phase out in the coming months.

You can read more details about this landmark call for a fossil fuel phase out here 👇
fossilfueltreaty.org/fossil-free-pa…