ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka ʻoihana nui a Samoa, a ʻoluʻolu ka ʻāina i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kūwaho he 115,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma kahi o 35 pākēneka o nā kipa e hele mai ana mai Nūhōlani, 25 pākēneka mai ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me nā ʻāina Pākīpika ʻē aʻe, 20 pākēneka mai Australia, a 8 pākēneka mai ka US. Aia ʻo Samoa ma ka Moana Pākīpika ma kahi o ka hapalua ma waena o Hawaiʻi a me Nūhōlani.

Ke hoʻoweliweli nei ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai a me ka ʻaʻai ʻana i nā kaiāulu haʻahaʻa ma ka Pākīpika Hema. Ua nalowale kekahi mau mokupuni liʻiliʻi i ka mea a ka nui o nā mokupuni i manaʻo ai i nā hōʻailona mua e hiki ai i ka loli ke hoʻololi i nā wahi nāwaliwali.

ʻO kekahi o nā alakaʻi lōʻihi loa o ka Pākīpika Hema, ʻo ke Kuhina Nui Samoa ʻo Tuilaepa Sailele, i haʻi ʻia i kahi hālāwai ma Australia e hōʻike ana ʻo ka loli ke "hoʻoweliweli" i nā lāhui mokupuni a ʻo kēlā me kēia alakaʻi honua e hōʻole ana i ka hoʻololi o ke aniau e lawe ʻia i kahi wahi psychiatric.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka Lowy Institute, kahi mana wai kūʻokoʻa ma Sydney, ua koi aku ʻo Sailele iā Australia e hana i nā ʻoki hohonu loa i kāna mau hoʻokuʻu ʻana e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā lāhui mokupuni o ka Pākīpika. Ke hilinaʻi nui nei ʻo Australia i ka lanahu no ka hana mana a aia kekahi o nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua no ka haumia kinoea hoʻomehana honua.

"Ua ʻike mākou āpau i nā hāʻina, a ʻo ka mea i koe he wiwo ʻole politika, kekahi guts politika, a me kekahi alakaʻi o kēlā mau ʻāina e manaʻo nei ʻaʻohe hoʻololi o ke aniau, manaʻo wau e lawe ʻia ʻo ia i kahi paʻa o ka noʻonoʻo," ʻLelo ʻo Sailele. "He wahaheʻe ʻo ia."

Ua ʻōlelo pū ke alakaʻi o Samoa lōʻihi loa e pili ana ke ʻano o ko Australia mau manaʻo i ka Pākīpika Hema, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai ke ulu nei ʻo Kina i ka diplomas a me ka mana kalepa, e mahalo ʻia ke kūʻokoʻa a me ke kūʻokoʻa o nā mokuʻāina kūloko.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“We all know the solutions, and all that is left would be some political courage, some political guts, and any leader of those countries who believes that there is no climate change, I think he ought to be taken to a mental confinement,”.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ke alakaʻi o Samoa lōʻihi loa e pili ana ke ʻano o ko Australia mau manaʻo i ka Pākīpika Hema, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai ke ulu nei ʻo Kina i ka diplomas a me ka mana kalepa, e mahalo ʻia ke kūʻokoʻa a me ke kūʻokoʻa o nā mokuʻāina kūloko.
Speaking at the Lowy Institute, an independent think-tank in Sydney, Sailele urged Australia to make deeper cuts to its carbon emissions to help protect Pacific island nations.