Latai Taumoepeau

((( punake ))) composer of movement & physical poetry; performance artist with a machete edge for absurdity informed by the frangipani-less margins.

[Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change @pisfcc]

#Vanuatu PM Charlot Salwai urges all countries to make submissions to the #ICJ for a groundbreaking #AO on environmental responsibilities. Deadline - 01/22/24. Free legal support is also available. Spread the word! Join the crucial effort for a sustainable future in the #Pacific

[MelanesianWomenToday @MelanesianWomen]

The triumph of the University of the South Pacific Law Class of 2019,taking on climate change to the world's highest court,showcases the immense potential of young minds to bring about global change & inspire us all to act for a better future @UniSouthPacific @pisfcc @VanuatuUN

[Josephine Latu-Sanft @JoLatuSanft]

Elderly, youth, men, women, even people with disabilities turned up in scorching heat after #TongaVolcanoEruption to help clean ash frm the airport runway in Ha'apai so planes could land with relief supplies. Give them a medal. Pics via TongaNow
#Tonga #TongaVolcano #tongatsunami

[Latai Taumoepeau @latai101]

Amazing safe travels kin 'ofa atu

[Anaseini U @fineutuvai25]

3 Tongans on board HMAS Adelaide to assist our families back in 🇹🇴. Mālō e ‘ofa fonua ! 🙏🏾

[Anaseini U @fineutuvai25]

3 Tongans on board HMAS Adelaide to assist our families back in 🇹🇴. Mālō e ‘ofa fonua ! 🙏🏾

[Sia Adams @SiaAdams]

Snippets of news from home 🇹🇴 coming in from those returning to work & have access to sat/phone. My village, Nukunuku was safe from the tsunami just the ash and rock rainfall from the #TongaVolcanoEruption #HungaTongaHungaHaapai thank you Alisi (staff at DFAT)

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

In #COP26 news, a number of wealthy nations announced a deal to provide $8.5 billion to South Africa to phase out coal and invest in renewable energy. @Kuminaidoo cautions “we need to be vigilant to make sure that those nations actually follow through with their commitment.”

[Latai Taumoepeau @latai101]

@bbcdebatenight @350 Malo Joseph for doing this work and for keeping climate justice, loss & damage up front for our vulnerable pacific region 'ofa atu xx

[BBC Debate Night @bbcdebatenight]

“Optimism for us is not a choice. We’re here because we have to be.”

Joseph Sikulu of @350 says communities like his are at the #Cop26 table as a matter of survival. #bbcdn

[SPREP @SprepChannel]

Members of the One-CROP+ team @COP26 - show us your #Flexfor1pt5! Support our #Pacific asks. Tag us in your 'left hand 1, right hand 5' pics. Let's call for #ClimateActionNow #ResilientPacific @ForumSEC @spc_cps @PacTourismOrg @PacIsNewsAssn

[Elizabeth Wathuti , O.G.W 🇰🇪 @lizwathuti]

Here is my full speech at the #COP26 World Leaders Summit Opening Ceremony with a key message from Earth to COP: "Open your hearts"!

The youth voices at the World Leaders Summit will probably get the least coverage! So I'll upload them here! Share widely!

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

"If you want to destroy the planet quickly, go alone. If you want to save the planet, let us do it together"

President of the Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan warns rising sea levels could reduce his country's 115 islands to less than 50

#COP26BBC https://t.co/sjjtOOxlf8

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

"We are not drowning, we are fighting. This is our warrior cry to the world"

Brianna Fruean, environmental advocate for Samoa, tells COP26 that young Pacific people have shown climate leadership and are "resilient beacons of hope"

#COP26BBC https://t.co/XJXWXmw1J6

[Indigenous Environmental Network @IENearth]

730+ civil society & Indigenous groups demand govts at #COP26 commit to real solutions to eliminate #FossilFuel which are warming the planet, poisoning communities, & threatening our shared environment.
https://t.co/BVAK3TNegf

#RealZero #COP26 #ClimateAction

[Indigenous Environmental Network @IENearth]

We're at #COP26 to remind @JoeBiden the only way to keep global warming below 1.5°C is to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Any new fossil fuel production is incompatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the false solutions are Article 6 will not save us.
#nixarticle6

[Latai Taumoepeau @latai101]

Go Pacific Climate Warriors - Thank You Brianna!

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

"We are not drowning, we are fighting. This is our warrior cry to the world"

Brianna Fruean, environmental advocate for Samoa, tells COP26 that young Pacific people have shown climate leadership and are "resilient beacons of hope"

#COP26BBC https://t.co/XJXWXmw1J6

[Phil 🆓🌍🧩🎲 @Phil_Free_]

“@triofrancos: Dismantling extractivism—& the deep inequalities of the global order that reinforces it—is part & parcel of achieving climate safety.”

Achieving Equality on a Livable Planet https://t.co/vnDSCc5IgI

[Latai Taumoepeau @latai101]

Our Territories, Our Decision - Amazon Frontlines https://t.co/UKOOMhgZ2I

[Latai Taumoepeau @latai101]

Sign the petition: No more hand outs to fossil fuel corporations https://t.co/JpXGDGYOXl

[Latai Taumoepeau @latai101]

@patityrell hebby birfday xx