My name is Kumi Naidoo. I’m from Africa. I’m the executive director of Greenpeace International.
I am participating in this action to draw attention to the destruction that is already happening in the Arctic, and to draw attention to, if this were to continue, the devastating consequences it will have for the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic, for the biodiversity of the Arctic, but also the impact that it will have across the world.
The struggle to defend the Arctic is the defining environmental struggle of our time. We need to recognise that the Arctic is the refrigerator of the planet. What happens in the Arctic will contribute to sea level rise, will take us closer and closer to catastrophic climate change, and that is why the struggle is so important, and that is why I volunteered to participate in this action.
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Kumi,
I’m a good friend of Vladimir – Vladimir Putin. He wishes he could be there to greet you, but he wanted to me to tell you that he has a nice block of rooms reserved for you and your compatriots at the Hotel Lubyanka in Moscow. Looking forward to having you and yours as our guests.
Igor