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Keisha Castle Hughes wearing the Sign On T-shirt - Source: ONE News -
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New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes leaves for the Cook Islands on Monday to help Greenpeace document the impact of climate change in the Pacific.
The Whale Rider star is one of a number of high profile climate ambassadors working with Greenpeace New Zealand on its Sign On campaign.
The campaign calls for the New Zealand government to adopt a target of 40% reduction in emissions by 2020.
"Pacific Islanders have hardly contributed to climate change, and yet are bearing the brunt of the problem," Castle-Hughes said in a statement.
She is to meet the Greenpeace ship Esperanza in Rarotonga, where she will discuss climate change with the Cook Islands Prime Minister.
She then sails to the nearby island of Aitutaki where she will help document the stories of the locals and how climate change is impacting their lives for Greenpeace's Climate Voices project.
Castle-Hughes planned to ask them what kind of climate action they would like to see from governments such as New Zealand.
Aitutaki is one of a number of small islands in the Pacific already feeling the effects of climate change, said Greenpeace spokeswoman Kathy Cumming.
Impacts include rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, changing weather patterns, and the threat to food security as a result of oceans becoming more acidic and soils more salty.
