“Climate justice is both the acknowledgement that harm was done [and] the provision of tools to rebuild and restore from that harm. And it’s the provision of tools to then chart a course forward.” In this interview with Victoria Keener, Tina discusses what it means to fight in the frontlines in the battle against catastrophic climate change and how she believes we can work together to secure our future.
Tina Eonemto Stege is the Climate Envoy for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Born in Saipan, raised on Kwajalein and Majuro, and educated in Honolulu, she brings a Pacific focus to her community-based work on a range of issues, from the impacts of nuclear testing to sustainable development and climate adaptation. Stege received her BA from Princeton University and her M.A. in Anthropology from the Université d’Aix-en-Provence.”
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