UN Conference In Salt Lake City Draws Urgent Calls To Fight Climate Change ‘Time Bomb’

ICCDI AFRICA
Aug 30, 2019 · 5 min read

“Climate change is a time bomb,” Idowu said, warning that if individuals and communities “don’t take action now,” it will soon be too late.

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Jackie Biskupski, Mayor, Salt Lake City | Selina Neirok Leem, Youth Delegate, The Republic of the Marshall Islands | Olumide Idowu, Co-Founder, International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI Africa) | John Rego, Vice-President, Sustainability Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Affairs, SONY Pictures Entertainment | Laura Tobón, Media Personality

SALT LAKE CITY — Selina Neriok Leem was stone-faced as she explained how she learned firsthand as a child what it’s like to leave behind her home to the threat of ocean waters.

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