Fiji’s prime minister is urging Australia to reconsider its heavy coal use, as Pacific communities are currently facing a climate crisis.
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama spoke to the Australian Defence College yesterday and said Australia’s coal use is the “greatest threat to [their] security in the Pacific…”
He said it “not only [causes] extreme weather events like Winston, but the rising seas and changes to agriculture and fisheries... threaten [their] food security and [their] livelihoods.”