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UN Passes Climate Change Motion After Marshall Islands Drops Fossil Fuels Focus
Tuesday July 8, 2025. 11:25 PM , from Slashdot
The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a motion on climate change and human rights by consensus Tuesday after the Marshall Islands withdrew a divisive amendment calling for states to recommit to a fossil fuel phase-out. The motion calls on countries 'to contribute to the global efforts' against climate change and follows the council's 2021 recognition of access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right.
Oil-producing countries including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had voiced opposition to the original fossil fuel phrasing during negotiations. Instead, the final motion referenced 'the imperative of defossilizing our economies' in a footnote, allowing passage without a vote where the outcome had been uncertain. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/08/2013257/un-passes-climate-change-motion-after-marshall-isla...
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