13/12/2023
“I came from my home islands to work with you to solve the greatest challenge of our generations...We have built a canoe with a weak and leaky hull. Yet we have to put it into the water because we have no other option. ..We need to phase out fossil fuels... to keep the world liveable. As we sail this leaky canoe together, let’s agree to plug the leaks for the sake of all of us, especially the most vulnerable.”
John Silk, head of the delegation for the Republic of Marshall Islands reacting to the COP28 agreement