Marshall Islands: Can't fight climate change alone

Name: Marshall Islands: Can't fight climate change alone
Uploaded: 22 Sep 2020, 05:51:44 PM
Duration: 01:38
Channel: TIMESOFINDIA.COM

1 views | Sep 22, 2020, 05:51:44 PM | AP

The president of the Marshall Islands addressed the United Nations General Assembly Monday calling on member states "to keep their promises made in the Paris agreement." "As a low lying atoll nation with no higher ground for retreat climate change poses a severe threat not just to our future development, but towards our core security, human rights and our way of life," David Kabua said in a pre-recorded address. "Climate change is a global issue that requires a global solution. Despite my country's best efforts to demonstrate leadership on our climate action, we cannot do it alone." The celebration of the United Nations 75th anniversary Kabula said is a "vital reminder that we will fail the future if we cannot remember the lessons of the past." This anniversary forces us to ask the question: Will we be here to celebrate the UN's 100th anniversary? We look to our fellow members to help us save our place in this world."