The South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is disappointed with the outcome of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, fearing it will fail to hold back global warming and worsen the threat of rising sea levels facing low lying countries.
Tuvalu's Foreign Minister Simon Kofe said the summit pact sealed on Saturday should have called for the phasing out, rather than phasing down, of coal use, a late change spurred by coal-dependent India and China.
"We were disappointed with the last minute change to the language around coal from 'phasing out' to 'phasing down.' I think we were quite disappointed as well as other Pacific island countries with that last minute change," Kofe said.
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