Enele Sopoaga

Enele Sopoaga is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who served as prime minister from 2013 to 2019. Sopoaga and his administration focused on working to make the world aware of the looming threat that climate change poses to the nation of Tuvalu, as continued increases in global temperature and rising sea levels will destroy many Pacific island nations.

Speaking to the UN on keeping temperatures increase to an absolute minimum, he stated, “Let’s do it for Tuvalu. For if we save Tuvalu, we save the world.”