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Youth Delegate Anjali Appadurai Speaks Truth to Power at Conclusion of COP17 in Durban

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
By Brendan DeMelle
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Perhaps the most powerful speech made in all of COP17 at Durban came at the very end, a statement by Anjali Appadurai, a student at the College of the Atlantic in Maine, who addressed the conference on behalf of the youthย delegates.

Her scornful depiction of the utter failure of the international community to act on climate change – a failure chiefly owned by the largest polluting nations who have caused most of the damage to the global climate – is spotย on.

Watch coverage of Ms. Appadurai’s statement, courtesy of Democracyย Now!

By Brendan DeMelle
Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a writer focused on disinformation and corporate accountability.

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