UN’s Morgera Calls for Prohibiting New Fossil Fuel Exploration and Revocation of Existing Licenses

EXCERPT:

MORGERA: “A common responsibility for all states to at least start inclusive processes to understand what would be required to advance with the phasing out of fossil fuels. And how can we co-develop plans of de-fossilization with the informed and meaningful participation also of other states who may be depending on fossil fuel production in that country. I think there’s other aspects which I have clarified in my reports. For instance, a common responsibility to prevent tipping points, irreversible biophysical harm to the environment which will have also fundamental harm to human rights, maybe unimaginable harm to human rights.”