Amy Goodman
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Philippines’ Former Climate Negotiator Yeb Saño’s 900 Mile Pilgrimage to Paris Summit Ends with Fast
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Yeb Saño, the former lead climate negotiator for the Philippines, has just walked more than 900 miles from Rome to Paris as part of a People’s Pilgrimage for climate action. He was the top Philippines climate negotiator in 2013 when Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest cyclones in recorded history, devastated the Philippines, killing thousands of people. The devastation coincided with the 2013 United Nations climate change summit in Warsaw, Poland, where Saño made headlines with an emotional plea for action on climate change. The following year, as yet another deadly storm battered the Philippines, Saño was unexpectedly absent from the U.N. climate summit in Lima, Peru. He had been pulled from the delegation at the last minute, leading to speculation he had been targeted for his outspokenness amid pressure from wealthier countries like the United States. This year, Saño is back at the United Nations climate summit – not as a negotiator, but as an activist fasting for the climate along with thousands of other people around the world.
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