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‘We want action’: Fijian climate activist sends message ahead of UN talks in Pacific

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‘We want action’: Fijian climate activist sends message ahead of UN talks in Pacific

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The Guardian reports the following. ENC is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with The Guardian, which released it. Lavenia Naivalu has seen the impact of the climate crisis first-hand and is determined to amplify Pacific voices at this year’s pre-Cop summit in Fiji From her wooden veranda in Fiji’s remote Yasawa islands, climate activist Lavenia Naivalu remembers when the reefs were once so healthy, her grandfather would walk to the shoreline and return with fish. But life there has changed. “The reefs that the older generation of men spearfished in, no longer provide what they once did,” the 44-year-old says. “Young people … now must travel further out to sea to find fish for their families.” Continue reading... Original link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/we-want-action-fijian-climate-activist-sends-message-ahead-of-un-talks-in-pacific

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