Mauritius ex-President: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, former president of Mauritius speaking at WION’s Climate Summit said climate change is an “existential threat to humanity”. 

“Unfortunately, the people are still not waking up to this crisis,” she told WION’s Executive Editor Palki Sharma. “It is especially important for us islanders, until we treat climate change as an emergency we won’t be able to handle it.”

Erik Solheim, Norway’s former minister of international development, speaking at the event, said: “The problem is huge but we are also stepping up.”

Original article at WIONEWS