“To Deny The Existence Of Climate Change In The Face Of Overwhelming Evidence Is Not Scepticism, It Is Stupidity”

“To Deny The Existence Of Climate Change In The Face Of Overwhelming Evidence Is Not Scepticism, It Is Stupidity”

President Nasheed of the island nation of Maldives gave a powerful speech on climate change at Oxford on Dec 3rd. We are at a pivotal time, as he says, where we can choose the future over the past. He frames it as a unique opportunity in history, to choose hope over despair,and to change the course of human history:

“We can win not because hope can triumph over grim reality, but because I know there is no shortage of humanity’s greatest resource. That resource is not solar power, nearly unlimited though it is. It is the ingenuity and innovative capacity of people like you…”

“To Deny The Existence Of Climate Change In The Face Of Overwhelming Evidence Is Not Scepticism, It Is Stupidity” « 350 or bust