"This is not about saving the world as we know it, it's about saving our world for what it still could be"

1.0Climate Championshttps://climatechampions.unfccc.intCharlotte Owen-Burgehttps://climatechampions.unfccc.int/author/charlotte/"This is not about saving the world as we know it, it's about saving our world for what it still could be" - Climate Championsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Tml1PlkXbh"><a href="https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/dear-leaders-this-is-not-about-saving-the-world-as-we-know-it-its-about-saving-our-world-for-what-it-still-could-be/">“This is not about saving the world as we know it, it’s about saving our world for what it still could be”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/dear-leaders-this-is-not-about-saving-the-world-as-we-know-it-its-about-saving-our-world-for-what-it-still-could-be/embed/#?secret=Tml1PlkXbh" width="600" height="338" title="““This is not about saving the world as we know it, it’s about saving our world for what it still could be”” — Climate Champions" data-secret="Tml1PlkXbh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> "In 2009, I was in my first semester in college when typhoon Ketsana struck the Philippines and nearly took my life. Many would look at supertyphoon Haiyan in 2013 as the turning point for climate action in my country," climate campaigner from the Philippines, John Leo Algo's letter to leaders.https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/hikersbay-hikersbay-YG_Fxyqz9xg-unsplash.jpg19201280