I have witnessed the horrors of climate change in the Pacific. Australia, it is time for action

Living in Australia as a Pacific Islander means every weekend there’s a social gathering to attend, whether it’s a birthday, wedding, fundraiser for someone’s medical treatment or a traditional rite of passage. More recently, however, the community get-togethers to mobilise our people have been to push for stronger climate action and have a more sombre undertone. Today, my Pacific brothers and sisters will gather at Parliament House in solidarity with First Nations people, and with the families affected by the bushfires this summer to call the Minerals Council out for being notorious climate wreckers and to lobby for the Australian government to cut all ties with them. 

The Australian government needs to acknowledge that the trail of destruction is at their doorstep. It saddens me that despite all the work we have done globally in this movement, we are still struggling for survival. We’re witnessing the trail of destruction that the Pacific has been faced with in Australia already. In the last 10 years, the Pacific Islands have experienced 77 intense tropical cyclones, which claimed a total of 141 lives; 12 of these tropical cyclones occurred during the off-season. Compared with other countries, these numbers may not seem like a lot, but when you consider that the total population in the South Pacific is a mere 2.5 million, those numbers hit hard.... read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/feb/11/i-have-witnessed-the-horrors-of-climate-change-in-the-pacific-australia-it-is-time-for-action

see also
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