John Muir
In Copehagen: A 15-year-old's Call to Action
Dec 16, 2009-- 15-year-old Mohamed Axam Maumoon, a Climate Ambassador from the Maldives, is in Copenhagen this week, asking world leaders to take on climate change. Maldives is one of the countries on the front lines of climate change -- eighty percent of the land lies three feet or less above the waves. The predicted sea level rise caused by global warming could wipe the country off the map. Democracy Now interviewed Mohamed, and what follows is a powerful video and transcript. His question to the world: "On the basis that you know what you are doing is wrong and you can see that the victim is begging for mercy ... would you commit murder?" (2160 reads)
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