Catholic Church Archbishop Peter Chong believes faith- based organisations need to speak together and loudly for the world hears the cry and the vulnerability of small Ocean Islands.
Speaking at the Pacific Churches for Ecological Stewardship & Climate Justice 2024 conference held at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Archbishop Chong said that it was important to have this kind of collaboration as this was something that Ocean Island nations needed to do.
“We need to come together so that we can speak together and speak loudly so that the world hears the cry and the vulnerability of small Ocean Islands that are vulnerable to climate change.”
“Particularly sea level rise, out of the five atoll islands in the world that will be the first to go underwater, four of them are in Oceania.”
“Our voice is probably the most important today in the world that can awaken and shock the world so that they can realize that climate change is real,” he said.
A total of 50-70 people, most of who are from the Pacific Island countries gathered today with the focus mainly being on climate change.
