‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate

‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate

Campaigners say there’s impatience about Australia’s reluctance to stop ‘opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels’

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Anthony Albanese had just finished briefing Pacific island leaders on Australia’s bid to host a UN climate summit when one of his counterparts made a pointed intervention.

The president of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, began her speech diplomatically, saying she was “grateful” for the update and hoped the initiative was a “true” partnership with the Pacific.

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