Have Your Sei
COP23 starts November 6. The Pacific Climate Warriors are already in Bonn, Germany. Follow their actions and activities online.
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Have Your Sei at COP23
This year, with Fiji as the President of COP 23, the Pacific region will show the world what true climate leadership is. We will highlight for the world what climate change in the Pacific looks like and how inaction on climate change exacerbates that threat.
As Pacific Climate Warriors from across the Pacific region representing various grassroots, frontline and indigenous communities, and with support from around the world, we are calling for world leaders to commit to building a better, more just world for ourselves and for generations to come.
Join us in the lead up to COP23 and #HaveYourSei about why strong climate action is needed and how the Pacific is showing the way.
*In many places in the Pacific, a Sei is a flower worn behind the ear. We chose this because we want to showcase the beauty and resilience of Pacific cultures.
The Pacific Climate Warrior Declaration on Climate Change
Climate change poses a direct threat to our homes and our people. The continuous burning of fossil fuels is leading to accelerated sea level rise, longer more intense heat waves, and exacerbated natural disasters. At the rate that the developed world is digging up and burning fossil fuels, climate change will continue to have disastrous impacts on those who have done the least to cause these problems.
For more than two decades, negotiations have failed to deliver the action required to protect our homes and livelihoods from dangerous climate change. Communities everywhere are stepping up to ensure that their voices are heard and that the leadership vacuum left by world leaders is filled and they deliver the change we need at the pace we need to avoid catastrophic climate change. We, the Pacific Climate Warriors, on behalf of the communities we are from, call for more ambitious action on climate change from our world leaders.
The Pacific Climate Warriors Declaration on Climate Change
We are calling for world leaders to commit to building a better, more just world for ourselves and for generations to come. Climate change is real and impacting now, and it's imperative that we stand up for the Pacific, and the global community, and act now to avoid further climate catastrophe. This COP should be about the people, not the profits and the polluters. Read the full Declaration here.
We call on the world to:
- End the era of fossil fuels and move to 100% renewable energy.
- Kick the big polluters out of the climate talks.
- Support the immediate delivery of finance needed for countries already facing irreversible loss and damage.
- Do what is needed to limit warming to 1.5°C.
As Pacific Climate Warriors from across the Pacific region representing various grassroots, frontline and indigenous communities, and with support from around the world, we are calling for world leaders to commit to building a better, more just world for ourselves and for generations to come.
In order to do this, we call for:
- The immediate phase-out of existing fossil fuels, and the banning of all new, existing and planned expansions of fossil fuel infrastructure with commitments to rapidly transitioning towards 100% renewable energy, by no later than 2050.
- The delivery of support and finance needed for countries already facing irreversible loss and damage brought about by climate change, as well as the immediate establishment of adaptation mechanisms to cope with ongoing climate impacts.
- The prohibition of the fossil fuel industry from participating in the UNFCCC processes so that they can no longer delay, weaken and block action on climate change.
- The actioning of everything the Paris Agreement called for, including international efforts to ensure global average temperatures do not exceed 1.5 degrees from pre-industrial levels.
- Climate change is real and impacting now, and it's imperative that we stand up for the Pacific, and the global community, and act now to avoid further climate catastrophe. This COP should be about the people, not the profits and the polluters.
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The Pacific Climate Warriors
Billy Cava, New Caledonia
Unified Pacific voices have the power to enforce the adoption of environmental legislation that will ensure our people’s survival and protect our unique heritage in the Pacific. Our voices from the frontlines will help decision makers behind closed doors shape adequate and fair climate policies that will give our people a real chance at survival.
Silivesiteli Loloa, Tonga
Tonga is my island paradise. As a Warrior from the kingdom, I have been taught to respect my culture, our traditions, my family and our land. I will do everything that I can to fight for my home and will continue to declare, “We are not drowning, we are fighting.
Litia Maiava, Tokelau
This Declaration that is supported by Pacific Islanders across the region is our collective voice on climate action. As the Tokelau Climate Warrior, I will not move away from my home and this is my responsibility and duty to protect my islands from the threat of climate change.
Ramona Tugaga, Samoa
It’s important that you sign our Declaration because we want our future generations to foster their traditions and values as we were before climate change became so real! It’s important that you sign our Declaration because it’s our lands and ocean our people heavily depend on – and will depend on for generations and generations! The world needs to hear Pacific voices on climate change because it’s the most crucial factor affecting our people and our environment!
Joseph-Zane Sikulu, Tonga, Australia
There are so many Pacific people who have moved away from the islands and many of us live in places that contribute so much to Climate Change. No matter where we are, we are still Pacific people and if we can’t stand up for our families and loved ones back home on the islands then who will. The Pacific Climate Warrior Declaration is the voice of the youth of the Pacific. This is our future fighting to be heard. Hear their call, sign the declaration and #HaveYourSei
George Nacewa, Fiji Islands
Our call is one of survival. The world needs to hear Pacific voices and stories on climate change because we live the reality of this climate crisis, and collectively, we are demanding for CLIMATE ACTION NOW!
