My friend John Lundin writes: ...from the Philippine delegate to the UN Climate Talks that opened in Warsaw today. This delegate has begun a fast that will last until a meaningful accord is reached: To anyone who continues to deny the reality that is climate change, I dare them to get off their ivory towers and away from the comfort of their armchairs. I dare them to go to the islands of the Pacific, the islands of the Caribbean and the islands of the Indian ocean and see the impacts of rising sea levels; to the mountainous regions of the Himalayas and the Andes to see communities confronting glacial floods, to the Arctic where communities grapple with the fast dwindling polar ice caps, to the large deltas of the Mekong, the Ganges, the Amazon, and the Nile where lives and livelihoods are drowned, to the hills of Central America that confronts similar monstrous hurricanes, to the vast savannas of Africa where climate change has likewise become a matter of life and death as food and water becomes scarce. Read his passionate full address to the UN here: theguardian/world/2013/nov/11/typhoon-haiyan-philippines-climate-change ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yes, you can do something. Short-term you can donate to relief efforts to help out the people of the Philippines. Long-term you can donate to SavingSpecies to help out the people of planet Earth. (By donating you are helping us restore forest and therefore slow down global warming. savingspecies.org/how-to-donate/) Thank you for all you do for conservation and our planet. ~ Roger
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:45:03 +0000
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