Koreti Tiumalu was a Samoan climate activist.[1] She was the coordinator of 350.org in the Pacific Region,[2][3] and a coordinator of the Pacific Climate Warriors,[4] a network of grassroots climate activist groups from Pacific Island nations and communities.[5]

Tiumalu, a mother, worked as a civil servant before leaving the service to become climate activist. Some of her notable climate awareness campaign include blockade of the Newcastle coal port in Australia and a three-day prayer vigil climate justice campaign at the Vatican, Rome in 2015. She died on 2 July 2017.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Bigelow, Bill; Kelly, Alex; McKenna, Katie (2015). "Bringing Climate Into the Classroom: Inside a Teaching Retreat Around Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything". The Radical Teacher (102): 39. ISSN 0191-4847. JSTOR 48694535. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Movono, Lice. "Civicus World Assembly: Tiumalu honoured". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  3. ↑ Chandler, David; Rothe, Delf; Müller, Franziska, eds. (2021). International relations in the anthropocene: new agendas, new agencies and new approaches. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 279. ISBN 9783030530143. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Pacific climate warriors target Australia's coal industry". ABC News. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pacific climate warriors: 'We are not drowning, we are fighting!'". Climate & Capitalism. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  6. ↑ "Protecting the Planet in a World of ecological Crisis". www.otago.ac.nz. Centre for Theology and Public Issues. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  7. ↑ "Vatican kava ceremony". February 19, 2016. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  8. ↑ "In Loving Memory: Koreti Mavaega Tiumalu". 350. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
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