Tishiko King
Tishiko King is originally from
Early life and education
King, an
Career and activism
Some years later, King returned to university, to study ocean science at
King represented Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network and Our Islands Our Home at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in November 2021. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, she was one of relatively few Australians to participate. She first became aware of the impact of climate change when she saw the impact of sea erosion on the graveyard of her ancestors on Masig Island, assisting with picking up their bones for reburial, and also noticed that fish were disappearing from traditional fishing grounds. She condemned the federal government of Australia for failing to make reference to indigenous people in its plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050, released shortly before the COP26 meeting.[9][10][11]
King's participation at the summit was made possible by crowdfunding.[12] On completion of the Summit she published an article entitled Empty words, no action: Cop26 has failed First Nations people, which was published in The Guardian online newspaper and reproduced on many other web sites.[13][14][15]
Personal life
King's brother, Yessie Mosby is one of eight claimants for Torres Strait 8.[16] Torres Strait 8 is a movement from eight citizen of the Torres Strait Islands who accused the Australian Government for his lack of action on climate change and making complaint to the UN Human Rights.[17]
References
- ^ "'Indigenous people feel the climate crisis. Our land is a part of us'". The Age. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Our Islands Our Home". Our Islands Our Home. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- JSTOR 24045837.
- ^ Ray, Sidney Herbert; Haddon, Alfred Cort (1893). A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits, with Vocabularies and Grammatical Notes: (Part I.). printed at the University Press, by Ponsonby and Weldrick, Printers to the Academy. p. 464.
- ^ a b "Tishiko King, Seed Mob". Groundswell. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b "TISHIKO KING". World Science Festival. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Rogers, Melinda (26 February 2016). "Indigenous students' research projects making a difference". news.griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Tishiko King". Indigenous Women In Mining and Resources Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "When Tishiko went home, she found exposed burial sites and empty fishing grounds. Now she's going to Glasgow". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "First Nations youth condemn Indigenous exclusion from net zero 'plan'". NITV. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "CORRESPONDENTS "System change, not climate change!"". Inside Story. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Help get Tish to Glasgow". Raisely.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Empty words, no action: Cop26 has failed First Nations people". The Guardian. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Empty words, no action: Cop26 failed First Nations people". Remo News. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Empty words, no action: Cop26 has failed First Nations people". Pehal News. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Silva, Nadine (28 October 2021). "First Nations youth condemn Indigenous exclusion from net zero 'plan'". NITV. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Faa, Marian (29 September 2020). "Torres Strait 8 could set 'global precedent' with United Nations human rights fight linked to climate change". ABC News. Retrieved 20 April 2022.