Patricia Mallam, of the 350 Pacific organisation, said the climate crisis had not slowed or gone away.
Mallam said Pacific government priorities were more geared towards helping health systems to address the pandemic.
"It's a shame that it took a pandemic for us to see clearly where allegiances lie," she said.
"While governments and industries are figuring out an economic recovery, we want to remind them that you need to put the people first and we're talking about the health of the people and that also includes the environment that they're in."
