UN General Assembly
2025

Its impacts are more extensively felt by the states due to our special circumstances and the lack of capacity to respond quickly and effectively. We commend the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, which rightly recognizes climate change not merely as an environmental concern but as an existential problem of planetary proportion. That requires urgent global action. Unless we invest now in climate mitigation adaptation and resilient economies, we risk compounding both environmental and financial crisis. We must do more to turn the tide, to honor our commitments and applications, and to take urgent and ambitious climate actions now. As we approach COP30 in Brazil, we urge that the new NDCs reflect maximum ambition, including 50% reduction in global emissions by 2030. The 35 countries responsible for 86% of global emissions must be part of the solution, not just the problem. One can continue to question whether climate change is real, but for Samoa and the Pacific, the impact of climate change confronts us on a daily basis. It is our lived reality.