I'm someone who almost never cries, but when I saw the Filipino climate chief.....

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...... speaking to the U.N. climate change conference, a tear rolled down my cheek, partially because of his reports on the horror in the Philippines, and partially because I know that the "advanced" world isn't going to do a damn thing because it's driven by the pathology of commerce.

Published on Nov 12, 2013

http://www.democracynow.org - On the opening day of the U.N. climate change conference in Poland, the chief climate negotiator from the Philippines gave an emotional appeal to the world to address the climate crisis following Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded. Estimates say the storm has killed at least 10,000 people. "In solidarity with my countrymen who are now struggling for food back home, and with my brother who has not had food for the last three days ... I will now commence a voluntary fasting for the climate," said Yeb Saño. A year ago, Saño gave another speech to the U.N. climate summit in Doha following the devastating Typhoon Bopha that killed some 1,100. "In Doha, we asked, 'If not us then who? If not now, then when? If not here, then where?' but here in Warsaw, we may very well ask these same forthright questions," Saño said yesterday. "What my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness. The climate crisis is madness. We can stop this madness. Right here in Warsaw."