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Youth speaker
Aisha Tukuoa
Aisha Tukuoa is a Youth Climate Ambassador with the Pacific Youth Council and founder of the Tonga Youth Conservation Network. At 24, she has already led successful campaigns for plastic-bag bans and reef-safe sunscreen regulations in Tonga.
She represents Pacific youth on the Commonwealth Youth Climate Action Group and has spoken at the UN Ocean Conference (2024) and COP28. Her work focuses on mobilising under-30 voices in environmental policy.
At PIC11 she will keynote the youth track and chair "Youth voices: leadership pathways", a session for emerging leaders from across the region.