Archbishop Desmond Tutu speech @ COP15 today

Earlier today Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson hosted an Oxfam-sponsored panel discussion on the international human costs of climate change. The event took place in the Bella Center

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Since his retirement, he has worked as a global activist on issues pertaining to democracy, freedom and human rights.

Also involved in today's event were UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, who was to be presented with the panel's findings, Oxfam Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs, and these climate witnesses organized by Oxfam:

* Constance Okollet: a farmer from Uganda whose village faced death and hunger after an unprecedented drought was followed by flash flooding in 2007.
* Shorbanu Khatun: a cyclone Aila survivor from Bangladesh now living with around 45,000 internally displaced people on the embankments of coastal area, Satkhira.
* Cayetano Huanca: a farmer from Peru, whose village is suffering water shortages and hunger due to glacial melt and a rising climate.
* Sharon Hanshaw: a hurricane Katrina survivor who lost her home and business of 21 years.

The below recording only totals about 25 minutes, but is broken up into 4 video segments. They are listed here in numerical order. Most footage is of Archbishop Desmond Tutu but also included is the testimony of Cayetano Huanca.