Brianna Fruean

World leaders told - "We are not drowning, we are fighting"

Sounding the warrior call of Pacific youth, she declared that, “We are not drowning, we are fighting.”

Speaking after the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Ms Fruean reminded world leaders that they all have the power at COP26, to be better – “remember that in your meeting rooms and drafting documents are more than just black and white objects’ to remember than in your words you wield the weapons that can save us or sell us out.”

Worth every 16,355 kilometer

“Today amidst the craziness of COP21 I was able to find comfort in familiar faces, warm hugs, bright seis (flowers) and the sight of a tradition ava ceremony. At the opening of the Pacific Islands Indigenous Peoples Day I was reminded again why I am here 16,355 kilometers away from home.