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Grace Ioana Malie is a Tuvaluan environmental activist.
Early life
[edit]Grace Malie was raised on the island of Funafuti in Tuvalu. She has described watching flood waters inundate her grandmother's garden.[1]
Activism
[edit]Malie has stated her goal as reversing the effects of climate change in Tuvalu and preserving the island nation for future generations.[1]
Malie is a youth delegate representing Tuvalu in the Rising Nations Initiative,[1] a coalition formed by Pacific Island nations to address the effects of climate change on their countries.[2]
Malie has attended two United Nations Climate Change Conferences, including the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).[3][4]
On 8 September 2024,[5] Malie delivered a speech about rising sea levels and its effects on Tuvalu to the Seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[6] In her speech, she stated, "As you debate, the waves of the ocean erodes a part of the island. As you continuously discuss, hopes of a Tuvaluan youth vanish. As you delay implementing the Paris Agreement or paying for loss and damage, the identity of not just Tuvaluans but other big ocean states are at stake. We have done the least to cause the crisis, but we are paying the highest price."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Scott, Elfy (14 September 2024). "Meet the young people who could outlive their own country". SBS News. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "The Anthropocene heralds disaster. Can humans change course?". RFI. AFP. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Teenager states fears of rising malaria cases and links to extreme weather". Guernsey Press. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Tuvalu is sinking: How do you relocate an entire country?". Channel 4 News. BBC. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "COP28 EU Side Events - Speakers: Grace Malie". COP28 European Union Side Events. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Borenstein, Seth (25 September 2024). "When their whole world could vanish, young people in island nations must weigh moving on". PBS. Associated Press. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Tuvalu: the fight to save a sinking nation from climate change". Channel 4 News. BBC. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.