"You’ve Made a Wager of Our Future": Somali Youth Activist Pleads to U.N. Summit for Climate Action | Democracy Now!

"You’ve Made a Wager of Our Future": Somali Youth Activist Pleads to U.N. Summit for Climate Action | Democracy Now!

"There’s a Somali proverb that goes, ‘A mere finger cannot obscure the sun.’ You cannot hide the truth by deception. As any one of the thousands who are in need in Somalia and the Philippines this week could tell you, no amount of political stalling can hide the fact that a climate crisis is here. The defining problem of my generation blinds us, burns us, and it’s easy to look away, but why raise a finger when we could join hands?”

This was the message delivered by Somali youth climate activist Marian Osman to negotiators at the U.N. climate summit today.