Growing clamor about inequities of climate crisis

Following the devastating typhoon in the Philippines growing demands to address the issue of climate justice have become an emotionally charged flash point at negotiations at the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, reports the New York Times.

'We’ve reached a stage where we cannot adapt anymore,' said Ronald Jumeau, the United Nations representative for the Seychelles, who is his country’s chief negotiator at the conference. He noted the devastating effects not only of extreme storm events, but also of creeping desertification, salinization and erosion that could result in financial losses and even territorial issues that the modern world has never had to face.