9 DECEMBER 2015
7 December, 2015, Paris, France, COP21 - A young Pacific Islander’s plea for world leaders to help save her island nation from the impacts of climate change featured prominently in United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon’s address before government ministers and negotiators at the COP21 in Paris today.
“In all my travels as Secretary General, I have talked to young people, and I have been inspired by them. In Kiribati which faces being inundated by rising seas, a young girl named Tamauri asked ‘What will become of us? What can the United Nations do for us?’
Source: SPREP