When the community of nations finally steps up and succeeds in solving some of the great challenges of our time, the credit will be owed – in no small way – to the passionate leadership of #TeamFiji.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security, Hon. Inia Seruiratu joined a high-level Ministerial Meeting on Migration and Climate Change with focus on Small Island Developing States in the margins of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly this week.
Minister Seruiratu spoke on the scientifically proven impacts of climate change on communities and its projections on displacement.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security, Hon. Inia Seruiratu during the high-level Ministerial Meeting on Migration and Climate The leadership role of the Pacific youths in driving the innovative solutions and strong commitments for climate action has been emphasised. It is said it’s integral to resolving the climate crisis faced in the Pacific and the world.
Fiji has called for greater global leadership to drive actions on ensuring healthy oceans as the foundation for climate protection and global sustainable development. This message was reiterated strongly by Fiji at the UNGA 74th session held in New York.
While delivering a statement at the United Nations Climate Action Summit-meeting of Climate and Ocean Leaders, in New York, Fiji’s climate champion and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security, Hon. Inia Seruiratu thanked world leaders for their commitment to climate action.
NEW YORK- Fiji will fight no matter how small we are. We will continue to be the voice for more climate ambition and action.
We will further advance our case in the great forums of the world, not only on behalf of Fijians and other Pacific islanders but also for the climate-vulnerable ones everywhere.
New York- Prime Minister Honourable Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama launched the world’s first relocation fund for people displaced by climate change on the margins of the 74th United Nations General Assembly yesterday afternoon (23th September, 2019- US date).
New York-Prime Minister Honourable Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama has arrived in New York for the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74) with the aim of calling on world leaders for concrete action plans against climate change.
The Prime Minister received a warm welcome at the Permanent Mission of Fiji to the United Nations in New York last night (US date-22/09/19).
NEW YORK | On Saturday, 21 September, one day after tens of thousands of grassroots climate action advocates-- many of them students -- organized a global call to action, the UN Youth Climate Summit amplified the voices of young activists on the largest of diplomatic stages.
New York – Attorney-General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, while attending a series of high-level panels in New York, has elevated the profile of resilient investments and built support for scalable climate risk insurance mechanisms.
Fourteen year-old Timoci Naulusala of Naivicula in Tailevu has yet again made Fiji proud after delivering an eloquent speech about the devastating impacts of climate change in our country and the Pacific.
The young lad co-chaired the Inter-Generational Town Hall session at the UN Youth Climate Summit in New York this afternoon alongside Marshall Islands President, Her Excellency Hilda Heine and a few other world leaders.
