# Girl pleads for world leaders to save her country from climate change

https://mins.news/en/item/89512

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-07 10:55 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/7/girl-pleads-for-world-leaders-to-save-her-country-from-climate-change?traffic_source=rss

> Thirteen-year-old Melelusi Sokotia has urged world leaders to act on climate change and save her country, Tuvalu. She made the appeal at a summit in Turkiye ahead of the UN’s COP31 climate forum, saying, “We are not asking for pity, we are asking for help.”

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