Delegate from Philippines makes emotional speech

As emergency relief efforts continue following Typhoon Haiyan, the delegate for the Philippines made an emotional speech on November 11 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland. Yeb Sano made a pledge to fast for the remainder of the conference during a speech where he warned about the dangers his country faces because of climate change. Sano had previously made a similar speech at the Climate Change Conference in Doha in 2012. Credit: IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin