Fiji, Oct. 2 -- UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on Oceans, Ambassador Peter Thompson has encouraged the Pacific to use its 'unique moral authority and obligation' to lead global discussions on climate and ocean change, in the lead up to the UN Oceans conference in Lisbon, Portugal in June next year.
"We have this moral obligation to the world as stewards of the planet's largest expanse of Ocean; but more particularly, and I feel this in my bones as a grandfather, we have that obligation to keep faith with the Pacific generations whose lives stretch out ahead of us into the great unknown. Stewardship is a hollow concept if we fail them, Ambassador Thompson told delegates at the Pacific Ocean Alliance (POA) meeting in Suva today.
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