--- title: Have Your Sei date: 2017-09-12T22:06:06Z modified: 2021-10-15T04:07:39Z permalink: "https://350.org/have-your-sei/" type: super_pages status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 55326 --- # Have Your Sei **Sign the Pacific Climate Warrior Declaration on Climate Change** ### [Sign Here](https://350.org/have-your-sei/#sign) ### Have Your Sei at COP23 This year, with Fiji as the President of COP 23, the Pacific region will show the world what true climate leadership is. We will highlight for the world what climate change in the Pacific looks like and how inaction on climate change exacerbates that threat. As Pacific Climate Warriors from across the Pacific region representing various grassroots, frontline and indigenous communities, and with support from around the world, we are calling for world leaders to commit to building a better, more just world for ourselves and for generations to come. ##### Join us in the lead up to COP23 and #HaveYourSei about why strong climate action is needed and how the Pacific is showing the way. ###### _\*_In many places in the Pacific, a _Sei_ is a flower worn behind the ear. We chose this because we want to showcase the beauty and resilience of Pacific cultures. ### The Pacific Climate Warrior Declaration on Climate Change Climate change poses a direct threat to our homes and our people. The continuous burning of fossil fuels is leading to accelerated sea level rise, longer more intense heat waves, and exacerbated natural disasters. At the rate that the developed world is digging up and burning fossil fuels, it will continue to have disastrous impacts on those who have done the least to cause these problems. For more than two decades, negotiations have failed to deliver the action required to protect our homes and livelihoods from dangerous climate change. Communities everywhere are stepping up to ensure that their voices are heard, and that the leadership vacuum left by world leaders is filled and they deliver the change we need at the pace we need to avoid catastrophic climate change. We, the Pacific Climate Warriors, on behalf of the communities we are from, call for more ambitious action on climate change from our world leaders. ### Read the Full Declaration This year, with Fiji confirmed as the President of COP 23, the Pacific region will show the world what true climate leadership is. We will highlight for the world what climate change in the Pacific looks like and how inaction on climate change exacerbates that threat. As Pacific Climate Warriors from across the Pacific region representing various grassroots, frontline and indigenous communities, and with support from around the world, we are calling for world leaders to commit to building a better, more just world for ourselves and for generations to come. In order to do this, we call for: The immediate phase-out of existing fossil fuels, and the banning of all new, existing and planned expansions of fossil fuel infrastructure with commitments to rapidly transitioning towards 100% renewable energy, by no later than 2050. The delivery of support and finance needed for countries already facing irreversible loss and damage brought about by climate change, as well as the immediate establishment of adaptation mechanisms to cope with ongoing climate impacts. The prohibition of the fossil fuel industry from participating in the UNFCCC processes so that they can no longer delay, weaken and block action on climate change. The actioning of everything the Paris Agreement called for, including international efforts to ensure global average temperatures do not exceed 1.5 degrees from pre-industrial levels. Climate change is real and impacting now, and it’s imperative that we stand up for the Pacific, and the global community, and act now to avoid further climate catastrophe. This COP should be about the people, not the profits and the polluters. ### The Pacific Climate Warriors [ ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7) **Billy Cava, New Caledonia** Unified Pacific voices have the power to enforce the adoption of environmental legislation that will ensure our people’s survival and protect our unique heritage in the Pacific Our voices from the frontlines will help decision makers behind closed doors shape adequate and fair climate policies that will give our people a real chance at survival.](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_0647.jpg) [ ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7) **Silivesiteli Loloa, Tonga** I am a Kingdom climate warrior raised full of respect, for our culture, tradition and nofo a Kainga (our family)and our land, our bond was lalanga (weave) with joy, freedom and blessed. My paradise island home “Tonga” is my treasure. I won’t lose any opportunities to fight against the threat of climate change to keep my Homeland above water. Because were not drowning we are fighting .](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_0521.jpg) [ ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7) **Litia Maiava, Tokelau** This Declaration that is supported by Pacific Islanders across the region is our collective voice on climate action. As the Tokelau Climate Warrior, I will not move away from my home and this is my responsibility and duty to protect my islands from the threat of climate change.](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_0673.jpg) ### Continue to Follow the Journey of the Pacific Climate Warriors