Pacific leaders have urged a promised global transition away from fossil fuels must not be left open to renegotiation.[8139035] About 50 dignitaries – 14 national heads including Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, a list of climate change ministers and the heads of global agencies – flew to the low-lying atoll nation in a bid to bring attention to the plight of the countries most at risk from the climate crisis.[8139035] The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has declared it is “important that Pacific voices are heard” after landing in Fiji on Monday to attend his first UN climate summit since becoming prime minister more than four years ago.[7978625] Pacific leaders urged action on climate change as UN pre-COP talks opened in Fiji's Nadi on Monday, ahead of next month's COP31 summit in Turkey.[7892231] Discussions in Fiji and Tuvalu will focus on limiting warming to 1.5C, improving access to climate finance and protecting oceans as rising seas threaten communities.[7892231] Pre-Cop meetings are usually small and bureaucratic affairs, but this meeting has a double purpose: it is being held in the Pacific after Australia and regional leaders argued it would help bring global attention to the plight of countries most at risk from the climate crisis.[7978625] The UN pre-COP talks in Fiji and Tuvalu will be a crucial step towards building momentum before the major climate summit.[8139035] Anthony Albanese joined about 4,000 people in Nadi for a preparatory meeting for the year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit in Turkey.[7978625] About 50 dignitaries – including Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, a list of climate change ministers and the heads of global agencies – are gathered in Fiji for the preparatory meeting.[7892231]