23 Sep 2023

Pacific climate champion says big countries lack 'ambition'

From , 6:01 am on 23 September 2023
Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior and Youth Climate Justice Activist, briefs the press during the Climate Ambition Summit in New York. 20 September 2023

Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior and Youth Climate Justice Activist, briefs the press during the Climate Ambition Summit in New York. 20 September 2023 Photo: UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Pacific youth climate champion, Suluafi Brianna Fruean, has called out the fossil fuel industry, the United States and the UK for failing Pacific countries in the fight against the climate crisis. 

Suluafi made history as the youngest ever winner of the Commonwealth Youth Award and now she's in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, her first time in the UN building.

She spoke with RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis following the climate summit.