Pacific island nations like Tuvalu are among those most at risk from climate change, but coronavirus outbreaks and difficulties of traveling in a pandemic have kept most of their leaders from attending COP26.
“It’s good when there’s solidarity and everyone is there to lend that voice and of course engage and talk to leaders and get them motivated to make the right choice,” Whipps said.
Sam Leon, head of major investigations at Global Witness, said many fossil fuel companies represented at COP26 have a history “of denying climate change in the first instance and subsequently pushing false solutions that simply derail or distract from the primary focus, which has to be cutting emissions quite radically.”Belyndar Rikimani and Atina Schutz, both climate activists studying law in Vanuatu, began planning their trip to Scotland months ago.
In Vanuatu, Rikimani said, the cost of a pre-departure Covid test alone was about 25,000 vatu , which for some people is half a month’s salary. “Being virtually there is just not the same as being physically present and being able to talk to people,” said Schutz, 23, awareness chairperson of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change.
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