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Jason Momoa gives a speech advocating for action on climate change. He discusses how island nations are on the front lines of the crisis and contribute least to emissions but suffer the most from consequences like rising sea levels. He calls on leaders and corporations to honor their commitments to address climate change and limit global warming.

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Transcript - Jason Momoa

Jason Momoa gives a speech advocating for action on climate change. He discusses how island nations are on the front lines of the crisis and contribute least to emissions but suffer the most from consequences like rising sea levels. He calls on leaders and corporations to honor their commitments to address climate change and limit global warming.

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Jason Momoa: Powerful Climate Speech | English Speeches

JASON MOMOA
Powerful Climate SPEECH
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Aloha, your excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. Today, I stand before you as a
singular representative of all Island nations. I'm honored to represent those who continue to fight as
stewards of this planet. As a native Hawaiian, born to a mother from Iowa, I have seen how one place can
be oblivious to another. The issues facing an Island can feel so far removed from that place that is
landlocked in the middle of our country.

However, with a foothold in two worlds, I quickly began to see how a problem for one will soon become a
problem for all. As a human family, through innovation and creativity, we have elevated ourselves and
perceivably stand as the most powerful beings on earth. Yet our ego, our fear, and our relentless drive for
profits have made us the only species willing to force this harmony with the natural balance of our world.
We are the living consequence of forgotten traditions. We suffer collective amnesia of a truth that was
once understood, the truth that to cause irreversible damage to the earth is to bring the same into
ourselves.

We, the Island nations, and all coastal communities are the frontlines in this environmental crisis. The
oceans are in a state of emergency. Entire Marine ecosystems are vanishing with the warming of the seas.
And as the waste of the world empties into our waters, we face the devastating crisis of plastic pollution.
We are a disease that is infecting our planet. From the atmosphere to the abyssal zone, we are polluted.

It is a known fact that the great garbage patch floating in the Pacific is larger than the country of France.
Even at the depths of the Mariana trench, we are discovering nano plastics. And shockingly, there are
more plastic particles in the ocean than the stars in the Milky Way. It is shameful. Yet the greatest threat
to small island developing states is the fact that entire islands are drowning into the sea due to the
enormous volume of emissions generated by the first world countries.

Island nations contribute the least to this disaster but are made to suffer the weight of these
consequences. Our governments and corporate entities have known for decades the immediate changes
needed. Yet change still has not come. And when the frontline is gone, we are doomed. There is no one
doing.

If you continue to watch unsympathetic to the issues of Island nations, this realization will soon come that
you stood by and witnessed the world cross the critical tipping point of sharing the death of our planet.

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Jason Momoa: Powerful Climate Speech | English Speeches

69 of the hundred richest entities in the world are corporations. They're not governments. Obviously, it is
not naive to believe that one does not influence the other. But we are watching, and the people will hold
our governments and corporate powers accountable for the destruction you are allowing to our
environment.

Three years ago, in Paris, the world stood United and vowed to keep the earth below 1.5 degrees of
warming. We pledged to hold ourselves to a higher standard and to do what is right. I'm standing here
today because I am ashamed that not all of our leaders have honored this agreement. Delegates, I ask
you now, do we still stand in unity for this cause? Do you intend to honor the commitments for the
betterment of mankind, or will you continue to chase short-term profits above our children's basic human
rights to live on this earth?

Change cannot come in 2050 or 2030, or even 2025. The change must come today. We can no longer
afford the luxury of half-assing it as we willingly force ourselves beyond the threshold of no return. As a
human species, we need the earth to survive. But make no mistake, the Earth doesn't need us.

We are demanding global unity for a global crisis, to once again bring harmony between mankind and the
natural balance of our world. We must write the wrongs we have done against our children and
grandchildren because we are gifting them with a world that suffers from our irresponsible stewardship. I
leave you with an Island proverb that states, He Waʻa He Moku, He Moku He Waʻa.

These words teach us that all lands, no matter how big or small float on the ocean like a canoe in the
middle of the sea. And that our planet is nothing more than an Island floating amongst an ocean of stars.
Life on a floating vessel has limited resources. It requires strict conservation practices and carefully
planned navigation to ensure survival. We must work together as a global community to best steer our
canoe in the right direction, the direction of the healthy and abundant future on earth that we call home.
Mahalo's new law. Please join, the Samoa pathway and unified commitment to protect and heal the
planet. This is for all of us. Aloha!

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