Three
months after Cyclone Aila caused widespread tragedy, 300,000
Bangladeshis are still homeless. Many communities remain inundated from
embankments that were breached in the storm, with lands and trees
poisoned by salt water and structures that cannot be repaired for
months until the waters recede.
Oxfam’s Head of Research Duncan
Green says climate change-induced rising sea levels are the main cause
of the crisis, along with salt water’s continued infiltration through
weakened embankments.
One local non-governmental organization
leader said, “If we can’t build good embankments, this area will be
sea. People will have to migrate.”Leaders of endangered nations such as
the island nation of Tuvalu are calling for action to mitigate these
devastating tolls of global warming.
Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia, Tuvalu (M):Decisions
have to be made now because the impact of the greenhouse emissions from
their various countries are slowly killing our people back in Tuvalu,
including other small low lying atolls.…we want to live in our country
and we do not want to be environmental refugees, to be relocated to
other countries.
VOICE: Our appreciation, Prime Minister
Ielemia, Mr. Green, Oxfam and all other concerned parties for your work
to raise awareness of the extent of the human impact caused by global
warming.
Let us unite in adopting caring, sustainable lifestyles
to restore the balance of our ecosphere. As the leaders of such
vulnerable countries strive to secure a future existence for their
fellow citizens, hope can be found in a fast solution as explained by
Supreme Master Ching Hai in a June 2009 Vegan Earth Day video message
in California, USA.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
And we have tens of millions of others who are made homeless due to
climate change. We call them climate refugees, if there is such a term;
in fact, they have no status.
And this is not including the
innocent wildlife and domestic animals who suffer because of
meat-related problems. Meat causes global warming, and kills, and kills
and kills. Therefore, MEAT is murder, a crime that must be stopped.
Luckily for us, we can avoid all these by a simple cure: VEGAN DIET.
Referencehttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220803/ec59ad751acee32270df84fdfc673857.htmhttp://www.oxfam.org/en/fp2p/duncan-green-profile