Tina Stege, Climate Envoy for the Marshall Islands, today told Sophy Ridge on Sunday that her home has “no time to lose” in the fight against climate change.
She says: “Sea levels are rising – it is already happening.
“We’ve been impacted by this crisis and we’re already seeing islets that have disappeared.
“We’re having to think about when people may have to move to higher ground – we don’t have any higher ground.”
She adds this is an “existential issue.”
“We don’t accept a future in which we have no future, and it is for that reason that we’re here at COP27 – making the case and fighting for our future.”
She adds: “We really have no time to lose.”
Ms Stege says what is needed now is “delivery” on climate pledges.
“That is what leads to success. Every COP needs to be a success.”
She says it “cannot be a PR exercise… the COPs have produced some real and significant progress – the commitment to 1.5C is there because we have engaged in this process.”
Ms Stege says the process could be “a lot better”, adding: “We need a lot more action”.
But she says it is a process that gives small countries a “voice”.
Source: Sky News