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More ambition and action for A Just Transition

Renewables: Mitigation away from Fossil Fuels

Samoa Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, Tuvalu Finance and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Seve
Hon. Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, is our Pacific Political Paeniu, is our Pacific Political Climate Champion for a Just
Climate Champion for Climate Mitigation. Transition.
Mitigation reduces emissions and increases actions to The Just Transition should be linked to a moratorium on
renewable energy and other efforts to limit global temperature the issuing of new fossil fuel related investment, exploration,
increase to a 1.5 degrees Celsius future. or extractive licenses.
Mitigation advocacy from the Pacific includes support for It should entail increased investment in Renewable Energy
phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and a moratorium on new and related Technologies.
fossil fuel investments, exploration, or extractive licenses.
It must ensure a fair and equitable Transition away from
Pacific nations also support the call for updated and more Fossil Fuel and establish a verifiable timetable for Fossil Fuel
ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) from phase-out.
all Parties to the UNFCCC, as well as those who have not
signed.

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