Moira Simmons-Avafoa Explained

Moira Simmons-Avafoa is a climate-change activist and civil servant from Tuvalu.

Career

Simmons-Avafoa is outspoken about the effects of climate change - 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. Web site: Pacific women hone climate change negotiation skills Pacific Climate Change Portal. www.pacificclimatechange.net. 2020-06-01.
2. News: 1 February 2017. Pacific Women Hone Climate Change Negotiation Skills. Nukualofa Times.
3. Web site: Pacific Ocean Commissioner, Ratu Sukuna Road, Suva (2020). 2020-06-12. www.govserv.org. en.
4. Web site: Being a Smaller Islands States Attaché – by Moira Simmons Avafoa – Forum Sec. en-GB. 2020-06-01.
5. Tuvalu: Increasing Access to Renewable Energy https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/linked-documents/49450-015-ieeab.pdf
6. Structured Dialogue with the Pacific

   https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/event/2018-structured-dialogue-pacific-list-participants.pdf

7. Web site: WEDO: In Focus.
8. Web site: Pacific women hone climate change negotiation skills. 2017-02-02. RNZ. en-nz. 2020-06-01.

External links

• Moira Simmons-Avafoa