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Desmond Tutu gave an energetic speech on Sunday morning (Photo: Pamela Juhl)South African spiritual leader addresses City Hall Square crowd
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Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu swayed the crowd on a chilly Sunday morning with an energetic speech designed to encourage the thousands present to fight climate injustice.
City Hall Square was filled to capacity as Tutu handed over the Countdown to CO2penhagen petition with 500,000 signatures to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer.
But the South African didn’t pull any punches in his simple yet direct speech.
“Hello rich countries – wake up! It’s cheap to finance climate debt. 150 billion dollars a year would do it,” Tutu cried, to wild cheers and applause.
He also called on leaders meeting at the COP15 to agree to at least a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050.
Meanwhile, Yvo De Boer gave some insight into what is predominantly on the minds of negotiators.
“I’ve just come from the Bella Center and they’re always talking about the financial crisis. But this is a moral crisis, which could result in a global climate crisis,” De Boer said.
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