14/05/19

“Unless our climate commitments are met, history will forever remember us as the generation that fell short of our promises – leaders who recognised a crisis, but failed to act.” – COP23 President’s Remarks at the Closing of the Third Climate Action Pacific Partnership Meeting CAPPIII

14/05/19

“When it comes to climate change, we in the Pacific have never had the luxury of tip-toeing or dragging our feet. Instead, our steps forward are bold and they are loud, for the world to hear.” – COP23 President’s Remarks at the Opening of the Third Climate Action Pacific Partnership Meeting CAPPIII

08/05/19

“Cowards don’t make history” – Prime Minister Bainimarama’s Address at the Australian Emission Reduction Summit

03/05/19

“We foresee this fund as just one of several mechanisms that will allow Government to deliver clean, renewable and affordable energy to rural Fiji. No longer should our people be living without access to electricity. No longer should our children be subject to a life without enough electricity to study in the evening.” – Fiji Prime Minister Remarks at the Launch of the Rural Electrification Fund at Vio Village

28/03/19

“We’ll continue to put the 1.5-degree target in our sights, and we need to enlist every government in the effort to hold global temperature rises to that level. Failure is not an option.” – COP23 President’s Remarks at the High-Level Event on Interlinkages Between Water and Climate Action

14/12/18

“The Fijian economy can be net zero by 2041” – COP23 President’s Remarks at the Launch of the Fiji Low Emission Development Strategy

12/12/18

“We need five times more action if we are to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius” – COP23 President’s Remarks at Launch of Fiji’s Climate National Adaptation Plan

12/12/18

“The Talanoa Dialogue now must give way to the Talanoa Call for Action” – COP23 President’s Speech at the Closing of the Talanoa Dialogue

10/12/18

“The fight against climate change cannot be won by a handful of governments or agencies alone” – Climate Champion’s Remarks at High-Level Stocktake on Pre-2020 Ambition and Implementation

04/12/18

“We will build the vision of tomorrow for net-zero emission world and resilient societies” – Climate Champion’s Remarks at the GCA High-Level Event

03/12/18

“We will need greater ambition, greater investment and greater action from all countries if we are to, as we must, limit average global warming to 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial age” – COP23 President’s National Statement at COP24

03/12/18

“We can all be proud as Pacific Islanders that our Talanoa concept has captured the imagination of the whole world”