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Pacific Islands Forum chair and Tonga’s Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni has urged leaders’ from small island nations at the United Nations climate change meeting to “not be disheartened,” despite the “disappointing outcomes of UNFCCC Conferences in the past”.

Hu’akavameiliku made the comments on Wednesday while speaking at the COP 29 Leaders’ Summit of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan, where UN member states are meeting for the 29th session of the Conference of Parties (COP29).

He told that SIDS leaders it was important to discuss “ambitious and meaningful climate action” at the summit.

“We must move forward together in a way that benefits all our member states,” he said.