Global treaty needed to stop spread of fossil fuel energy, says island leader

Kausea Natano, prime minister of Tuvalu, speaks at the Cop27 summit (Peter Dejong/AP)

The world should confront climate change the way it does nuclear weapons by agreeing to a non-proliferation treaty that stops further production of fossil fuels, a small island leader proposed as vulnerable nations pushed for action at international climate talks.

“We all know that the leading cause of climate crisis is fossil fuels,” Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano told fellow leaders at the Cop27 summit in Egypt.