Moira Simmons-Avafoa

Moira Simmons-Avafoa (born c. 1990) is a climate-change activist and civil servant from Tuvalu.

Career

Simmons-Avafoa is outspoken about the effects of global warming - particularly on the lives of women and children, who also have the least input into decision-making.[1][2][3] She was a Senior Advisor - Pacific Division with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tuvalu until a secondment to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat as part of the Smaller Island States Attachment Programme.[4] In 2019, she had returned to her Senior Adviser role.[5]

In 2018, she was the programme's representative at the Green Climate Fund's Structured Dialogue with the Pacific conference.[6] In 2017, she was one of 22 women selected to take part in an international climate-change negotiation training workshop.[7] The workshop was entitled Pacific Women's Climate Change Negotiating Conference and was facilitated by the Pacific Islands Forum and the Australian Government.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Pacific women hone climate change negotiation skills | Pacific Climate Change Portal". www.pacificclimatechange.net. Archived from the original on 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Pacific Women Hone Climate Change Negotiation Skills". Nukualofa Times. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pacific Ocean Commissioner, Ratu Sukuna Road, Suva (2020)". www.govserv.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  4. ↑ "Being a Smaller Islands States Attaché – by Moira Simmons Avafoa – Forum Sec". Archived from the original on 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. ↑ Tuvalu: Increasing Access to Renewable Energy https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/linked-documents/49450-015-ieeab.pdf Archived 2020-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Structured Dialogue with the Pacific https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/event/2018-structured-dialogue-pacific-list-participants.pdf Archived 2020-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "WEDO: In Focus" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. ↑ "Pacific women hone climate change negotiation skills". RNZ. 2017-02-02. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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