UN Passes Climate Change Motion After Marshall Islands Drops Fossil Fuels Focus

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.

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