COP27 - Tuvalu first to call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

What are we ready to give-up in order to save the planet and our societies from disastrous global heating? Halting the consumption of fossil fuel would have a huge impact on our lives, but what is the cost if not-action? The projections do not look good.

Kausea Natano, the prime minister of Tuvalu, said that “the warming seas are starting to swallow our lands, inch by inch. But the world’s addiction to oil, gas and coal can’t sink our dreams under the waves. We, therefore, unite with a hundred Nobel peace prize laureates and thousands of scientists worldwide and urge world leaders to join the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to manage a just transition away from fossil fuels.”

However, the idea of explicitly agreeing to wind down fossil fuel use is not a priority for governments in Sharm el-Sheikh.