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Fiji Priya Chand

Australia Nic Maclellan
Cook Islands Helen Greig
Kiribati Taberannang Korauaba
French Polynesia Nic Maclellan
Marshall Islands Giff Johnson Walk the talk
New Caledonia Nic Maclellan
New Zealand Jason Brown
Niue Naea Michael Jackson THIS year Fiji will chair the Conference it consumes.
of the Parties to the United Nations Con- Our leaders – in government, the Civil
Papua New Guinea Sam Vulum
vention on Climate Change – COP 23 in Service, commerce and churches – use
Patrick Matbob Bonn, Germany. some of the biggest cars, an obvious sign
Samoa Taina Kami-Enoka It is an event which is currently being of their status.
touted as a major achievement for Fijian It is to them that the community looks
Solomon Islands Priestly Habru
Prime Minister, Rear-Admiral Frank for an example.
Tonga Iliesa Tora Bainimarama, and an opportunity for The region must show the world real
Vanuatu Bob Makin the Pacific community. options for making reductions in the use
That it may well be. of fossil fuels and mitigating against
Just as former Kiribati President An- climate change.
ote Tong was a champion for the battle That includes planting more trees,
against sea level rise, so has Bainimara- making food gardens and enacting laws
ma taken up the climate change mantle. against the use of plastic which pollutes
While the annual COP meetings are the country-side, clogs our drains and
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