In Paris, King Sihamoni calls for climate action at COP21

King Norodom Sihamoni delivered an impassioned plea for a legally binding international climate change treaty in an address to the delegates of 195 nations and the world’s civil society on Monday night as the UN Climate Talks in Paris (COP21) opened.

“Climate change is the defining challenge of our time and we have started to experience its effects over the past few years,” the King declared in the opening salvo of a six-and-a-half-minute long speech, delivered in French.

Citing concerns over food security, poverty reduction and health issues, the King warned that if not addressed, climate change will compromise human development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals adopted earlier this year.

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