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2014 UN CLIMATE SUMMIT

KATHY JETNIL-KIJINER

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1) BBC World Service Radio

UN Seeks Malala on Climate Change

29 August

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28958227

2) BBC World Service Online

Global Citizens Compete to Address UN Climate Summit

29 August

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28980996

3) UN Climate Summit web site

Climate Summit to hear from Marshall Islands poet

29 August - Article (including description of NGLS process)

http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/2014/08/climate-summit-hear-marshall-islands-poet/

4) Thompson Reuters Foundation

Young island poet to address Ban Ki-moon climate summit

1 September

http://www.trust.org/item/20140901151157-h31kt

5) China Climate Change Info-Net (reprint of Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Young Island Poet to Address Ban Ki-Moon Climate Summit

01 September

http://en.ccchina.gov.cn/Detail.aspx?newsId=48078&TId=97%22%20title=%22Young%20island%20poet%20to%20address%20Ban%20Ki-moon%20climate%20summit

6) WND.com

25-Year Old Woman to Lead Climate Summit

2 September

http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/25-year-old-woman-to-lead-climate-summit/

7) Marshall Islands Journal

The World is Going to Listen to Kathy

5 September

http://www.marshallislandsjournal.com/Archive%209-5-14-page.html

8) Radio New Zealand International

Marshall Islands poet to address UN

8 September

http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/254133/marshall-islands-poet-to-address-un 

9) Marianas Variety (Micronesia)

Marshall Islander selected as opening speaker for UN Climate Summit

11 September

http://www.mvariety.com/regional-news/69038-marshall-islander-selected-as-opening-speaker-for-un-climate-summit

10) UN Climate Summit web site

Activists, celebrities, show support for Climate Summit in new video

16 September - Kathy appears twice in UN Climate Summit video

http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/2014/09/activists-celebrities-show-support-climate-summit-new-video/

11) Aljazeera

Climate activism: A change in approach?

21 September - includes:

One of the few moments of real compassion during the summit will come when a 25-year-old poet, journalist and climate change activist from the Marshall Islands delivers the keynote opening address. Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner will say she became inspired to fight climate change when she witnessed the raging ocean destroy her city's main graveyard on her island. "I was inspired by the concept that the ocean is almost eating, or swallowing our dead in a sense," she said in an interview with a US donor. "There is profound sadness and a profound helplessness about that. It is so sad, we have no control over it; it is the ocean that is taking it over. That is what inspired me; that is what moved me deeply."

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/09/climate-activism-change-approac-201491975243930705.html

12) The Guardian

Young Pacific islanders are not climate change victims – they're fighting

A young performance artist from the Marshall Islands will tell this week’s UN climate summit that it’s time for action – and she’s not alone

21 September - Article with video of “History Project”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/22/young-pacific-islanders-are-not-climate-change-victims-theyre-fighting

13) CNN Opinion

Re: No one cares about climate change

21 September - includes photo of Kathy and:

"I am fearful, but for the most part, I'm optimistic," said Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a 26-year-old who came to New York from the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific. Sea level rise already is washing away grave sites and lashing homes on the islands, she said. She came to New York in part to represent her 7-month-old daughter, who she hopes will be able to live on the island, rather than relocate. "I see this movement and I see this march and I see all these thousands of people coming together for climate change; I believe there are things we can do to change the world. "I believe it can happen." It's not possible for her to ignore this issue like the rest of us. "The thing you have to imagine is the ocean is huge next to our islands," she told me. "Our islands are completely tiny ... You don't get to forget how vulnerable you are."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/opinion/sutter-peoples-climate-march/

14) Huffington Post

Hundreds Of Thousands Turn Out For People's Climate March In New York City

21 September - Last paragraph: "We need to act now ... We only have one atmosphere and we of the Marshall Islands only have one land to call 'home,'" Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a young mother from the island nation, said before the march. "We don't want to move and we shouldn't have to move."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/peoples-climate-march_n_5857902.html

15) NY1

Diverse Climate March Crowd Bands Together in Common Effort

21 September - includes: “Among the speakers was Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, who will also speak at the UN Climate Summit Tuesday. For her, it's about protecting her homeland. "The Marshall Islands are in the North Pacific and are only two meters above sea level. Our islands will be one of the first to disappear when sea level rises," Jetnil-Kijiner said.”

http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/news/215890/diverse-climate-march-crowd-bands-together-in-common-effort/

16) Grist

One big march, lots of little messages

21 September - includes: “Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a woman from the Marshall Islands who is in town for Tuesday’s U.N. Climate Summit, hit on a theme echoed on many of the signs held by marchers: that there is no alternative to the Earth if we destroy it. ‘We only have one atmosphere and we of the Marshall Islands only have one land to call home,’ she said. Or, as many of the signs put it, ‘There is no Planet B.’”

http://grist.org/climate-energy/one-big-march-lots-of-little-messages/

17) UN News Centre

Ban seeks ‘vision, concrete action’ from world leaders at UN climate summit

22 September

Last paragraph: “Speaking on behalf of civil society will be Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands, who was selected through an open process run by the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service.”

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48785#.VCbcXUtVI8N

18) Fox News Latino

Some 300,000 march in NYC to demand action against climate change

22 September - includes:  “Also on hand was Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, an archipelago that is just two meters (6.5 feet) above sea level and, due to global warming, is in danger of being inundated. ‘We don't want to move from the islands,’ she said.”

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/09/21/some-300000-march-in-nyc-to-demand-action-against-climate-change/ 

19) Radio Australia

Powerful poetry from Marshallese writer sets scene at Summit

22 September - Excerpt of “Tell Them”

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/powerful-poetry-from-marshallese-writer-sets-scene-at-summit/1371117

20) Radio Australia

Marshall Island poet in the spotlight at Climate Change Summit

22 September

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/marshall-island-poet-in-the-spotlight-at-climate-change-summit/1370657

21) Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Marshall Island poet in the spotlight at Climate Change Summit

22 September - link to Radio Australia Story above

http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/in-news/2014/marshall-island-poet-in-spotlight-at-climate-change-summit.html

22) Slate

The Changing Face of Climate Change

22 September - includes 2 paragraphs from interview with Kathy - in middle and at end

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/09/people_s_climate_march_new_york_protest_is_largest_ever_led_by_indigenous.html

23) Fusion (Joint venture between Univision and Disney/ABC Television)

Jane Goodall among the flood of activists at NYC’s Climate March

22 September - includes two short video interview clips with Kathy

http://fusion.net/video/17274/jane-goodall-among-the-flood-of-activists-at-nycs-climate-march/

24) Red Dirt Report (Oklahoma)

Growing calls for greener, cleaner planet spreads to Oklahoma

22 September - includes: “Tomorrow, at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York City, Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner will speak before as many as 100 heads of state as part of a four-woman “civil society” delegation, reports the Marshall Islands Journal. Red Dirt Report, which has reported and editorialized about the legacy of U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, and the critical need for “Nuclear Disarmament Now!” has been following Jetnil-Kijiner’s hard-hitting poetry, particularly when it comes to those poems dealing with the aforementioned nuclear testing on those distant Pacific atolls. The Americans treated the Marshallese as guinea pigs, as this award-winning and suppressed film addresses.” + studio video

http://www.reddirtreport.com/prairie-opinions/growing-calls-greener-cleaner-planet-spreads-oklahoma

25) UN Climate Summit web site

WATCH: Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner speaking at the Climate Summit

23 September - Article and video

http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/2014/09/watch-marshallese-poet-kathy-jetnil-kijiner-speaking-climate-summit/

26) Photo Album from IISD Reporting Service - with pictures from Opening Ceremony and Voices from the Frontlines of Climate Change Thematic Debate

UN Climate Summit 2014: Catalyzing Action

23 September

http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cs/2014/

27) Public Radio International

The UN climate summit opens with a voice from an endangered nation

23 September - Article with video

http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-23/un-climate-summit-opens-voice-endangered-nation

28) Public Radio International (The Takeaway)

In Pacific island nations, there's nowhere left to run from climate change

23 September - Studio video at bottom of article

http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-23/pacific-island-nations-theres-nowhere-left-run-climate-change

29) Huffington Post

Young Poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner Explains The Essence Of Climate Change At UN Summit

23 September - Article with both performance and studio video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/23/kathy-jetnil-kijiner_n_5870194.html?utm_hp_ref=arts

30) Slate

This Climate Change Poem Moved World Leaders to Tears Today

23 September - Article with studio video

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/23/kathy_jetnil_kijiner_solastalgia_marshall_islander_s_poem_moves_u_n_climate.html

31) Mother Jones

This Poet From a Tiny Island Nation Just Shamed The World’s Leaders

23 September - Article with video

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/marshall-islands-poet-un-climate

32) Al Jazeera America

Pacific island nations lead by example at UN climate summit

23 September - Article on Summit with lead photo of Kathy and family, quotes from Kathy and Makerusa, mention of process and discussion of Marshall Islands and indigenous issues

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/23/renewables-climatesummit.html

33) ThinkProgress (ClimateProgress)

Marshall Islands Speaker Tells U.N. ‘We Are Drawing The Line Here’ On Climate Change

23 September - Article with video

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/23/3570736/kathy-jetnil-kijiner-marshall-islands-un-speech/

34) Washington Post

Why U.S. airstrikes in Syria may be bad for the environment

23 September - Includes this para with quote from her statement:

At the opening ceremony of the Climate Summit, a poet from the Marshall Islands called for action from the wider world. "Climate change affects not only us islanders," Kathy Jefnil-Kijiner said. "It threatens the entire world." The Marshall Islands are just one of a number of Pacific Island nations at risk from climate change.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/09/23/why-u-s-airstrikes-in-syria-may-be-bad-for-the-environment/

35) South-South News

Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014

23 September

http://www.southsouthnews.com/index.php/south-south-news/special-events/69th-unga-session/category/144?id=3363

36) Euronews

Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘bold pledges’ at UN climate change summit

23 September - Includes UN video of statement and poem

http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/23/ban-ki-moon-calls-for-bold-pledges-at-un-climate-change-summit/

37) Cihan News Agency (Turkey)

UN Chief calls world leaders to set the world on a new course

23 September - includes: “Speaking on behalf of civil society, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands said "climate change is a challenge that few want to take on, but the price of inaction is so high. Those of us from Oceania are already experiencing it first hand. We've seen waves crashing into our homes and our fruit trees withers from the salt and droughts. We look at our children and wonder how they would know themselves or their culture should we lose our islands." She also delivered a moving poem to her infant daughter saying that she won't let her down on climate change action. The infant was brought onstage, met with a standing ovation.”

http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/UN-Chief-calls-world-leaders-to-set-the-world-on-a-new-course_9293-CHMTUzOTI5My80

38) Jezebel

Poet Calls Out World Leaders in Stirring Speech on Climate Change

23 September - Article with video

http://jezebel.com/poet-calls-out-world-leaders-in-stirring-speech-on-clim-1638245112

39) Bay Area IndyMedia

Marshall Islands poet makes climate appeal at UN

23 September

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/23/18761987.php#18761988

40) The Tree - Content for Climate and Energy Communicators

UN CLIMATE SUMMIT: Mother’s poem to six-month-old daughter triggers standing ovation

23 September

http://treealerts.org/type/2014/09/un-climate-summit-mothers-poem-to-six-month-old-daughter-triggers-standing-ovation/

41) Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)

Marshall Islands poet: “We deserve to do more than just survive”

23 September - Article, video, transcript of poem

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/09/23/marshall-islands-poet-we-deserve-to-do-more-than-just-survive/

42) Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)

Society has “mobilised” against climate change – Hollande

23 September - includes: “But the star’s performance was overshadowed by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a young mother from the Marshall Islands, who stunned the audience with an emotional poem to her four month old daughter. “Don’t cry – mommy promises you no one will come and devour you – no greedy whale of a company sharking through political seas – no backwater bullying of businesses with broken morals – no blindfolded bureaucracies gonna push this mother ocean over,” she said. Ban stood at the end and led the standing ovation in the UN’s General Assembly hall, before warning delegates that the timeframe for avoiding warming of above 2C, a level deemed dangerous, was fast running out.

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/09/23/society-has-mobilised-against-climate-change-hollande/

43) Oxfam America

When world leaders listened to a climate message from the rest of us:

Among the speeches at the UN Climate Summit, a mom’s poem for her daughter stood out—and got a standing ovation.

23 September

http://firstperson.oxfamamerica.org/2014/09/world-leaders-listened-climate-message-rest-us/

44) 350.org on Facebook

23 September

This is the poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner of the Marshall Islands that brought down the house at the UN Climate Summit today. It is moving in a way that you wouldn't believe.

Just watch. You'll see.

https://www.facebook.com/350.org/posts/10152680103632708

45) Liaocheng Daily (China)

2014联合国气候峰会前瞻 (2014 Summit preview)

23 September - describes Summit programme, and NGLS nomination process

http://news.lcxw.cn/world/gjyw/20140924/571085.html

46) GreenReport.it (Italy)

Summit Onu sul clima, Ban KI-moon scuote i leader mondiali

23 September - mentions Kathy’s participation, NGLS process

http://www.greenreport.it/news/clima/summit-onu-clima-ban-rabbia/

47) Firedoglake

A Lively Atmosphere at the People’s Climate March

23 September - mention that Kathy was in press conference and will address UN

http://news.firedoglake.com/2014/09/23/a-lively-atmosphere-at-the-peoples-climate-march/

48) UN News Centre

Climate Summit: ‘All hands on deck’ declares Ban, calling for leadership, concrete action

23 September - Includes “Speaking on behalf of civil society, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands, delivered a moving poem to her infant daughter saying that she ‘won’t let her down’ on climate change action. The infant was brought onstage, met with a standing ovation.”

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48787#.VCt8QueKSM8

Repeated in India Blooms news service:

http://indiablooms.com/ibns_new/health-details/E/354/climate-summit-all-hands-on-deck-declares-ban-calling-for-leadership-concrete-action.html 

49) Episcopal News Service

World’s largest climate action march: Episcopalians protest for change

23 September - Includes: “Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner was set to share her story at the U.N. Climate Summit’s opening ceremony on Sept. 23. Two days earlier, the young mother from the Marshall Islands stood onstage among several activists at a pre-march press conference to tell the crowd how her home is in danger of disappearing due to rising seas caused by global warming. Her island is two feet above sea level. ‘We need to act now. We cannot wait. We only have one land to call home. We need you,’ Jetnil-Kijiner said.”

http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2014/09/23/worlds-largest-climate-action-march-episcopalians-protest-for-change/

50) TckTckTck

Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner: ‘We deserve to do more than just survive, we deserve to thrive’

23 September - Article with studio video, link to UN video, and transcript of poem

http://tcktcktck.org/2014/09/kathy-jetnil-kijiner-deserve-just-survive-deserve-thrive/64567

51) TckTckTck

Live Blog of the UN Climate Summit

23 September

http://tcktcktck.org/2014/09/live-blog-un-climate-summit-new-york/64559

52) Rappler

UN chief at climate summit: Let's make history

23 September - includes “Other speakers included New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, United Nations Environment Program Goodwill Ambassador actress Li Bingbing, and civil society’s Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands, who recited a moving poem dedicated for her baby.”

http://www.rappler.com/world/69959-un-climate-summit-opening

53) Latest.com

Why There is Plenty of Suspicion That Today’s UN Climate Summit is Just Another ‘Talk Fest’

23 September - lead photo of Kathy, Mak and Matafele

http://latest.com/2014/09/plenty-suspicion-todays-un-climate-summit-just-another-talk-fest/

54) E&E News ClimateWire

The world's 2 largest greenhouse gas emitters use U.N. summit to pledge climate actions

24 September - Includes: “Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a poet who traveled from the Marshall Islands, brought delegates in the General Assembly hall to a standing ovation when she said countries like hers ‘are drawing the line here.’”

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060006356

55) Scientific American

China and U.S. Promise to Combat Climate Change

24 September - Includes: “Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a poet who traveled from the Marshall Islands, brought delegates in the General Assembly hall to a standing ovation when she said countries like hers ‘are drawing the line here.’”

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-and-u-s-promise-to-combat-climate-change/

56) Radio Australia

Brèves d'Australie et du Pacifique - mercredi 24 septembre 2014

Kathy’s presentation at UN Included in summary listing of top 7 news items for the day

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/french/2014-09-24/brèves-daustralie-et-du-pacifique-mercredi-24-septembre-2014/1371703

57) Oxfam New Zealand

24 September

26 year old poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, from the Marshall Islands, addressed the Opening Ceremony of the UN Climate Summit. It brought world leaders to tears.

Kathy's poem "Dear Matafele Peinem" was written to her daughter.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=23625700722&story_fbid=10152300263920723

58) Telesur (Latin American multi-media platform)

Marshall Islands Poet Warns UN of Imminent Climate Threat

24 September - Article with text of poem

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Marshall-Islands-Poet-Warns-UN-of-Imminent-Climate-Threat-20140924-0017.html 

59) EuroNews

Watch: Leonardo DiCaprio speech among five must-see clips on UN climate summit

24 September - includes: “4. KATHY JETNIL-KIJINER - If Obama was the biggest hitter in New York, then Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands was perhaps one of the biggest-hitting, earning a standing applause at the end of her speech. Poet Jetnil-Kijiner helps bring the reality of climate change to the assembly with an eloquent and inspiring delivery.” + video of statement and poem

http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/24/watch-leonardo-dicaprio-speech-among-five-must-see-clips-on-un-climate-summit/

60) Mondial Nieuws (Belgium)

Ban Ki-moon: ‘De tijd van praten over klimaatverandering is voorbij.’

24 September - Includes paragraph about Kathy’s presentation and studio video

http://www.mo.be/nieuws/ban-ki-moon-de-tijd-van-praten-over-klimaatverandering-voorbij

61) Vancouver Observer

A Marshallese mother's powerful poem to her daughter moves people to tears at UN Climate Summit

24 September - Article with video and transcript of poem

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/marshallese-mothers-powerful-poem-her-daughter-gets-standing-ovation-un-climate-summit 

62) Tendencias 21 (Spain)

Presencias y ausencias que brillan en la Cumbre del Clima

Lead photo is Kathy, Makerusa, Matafele

24 September

http://www.tendencias21.net/Presencias-y-ausencias-que-brillan-en-la-Cumbre-del-Clima_a37311.html

63) Quartz

This young mother’s poem about her vanishing country stunned the world’s leaders

24 September - Article with both videos

http://qz.com/270909/this-young-mothers-poem-about-her-vanishing-country-stunned-the-worlds-leaders/

64) Gawker

Mother's Moving Climate Change Poem Brings World Leaders to Tears at UN

24 September - Article with UN video

http://gawker.com/mothers-moving-climate-change-poem-brings-world-leaders-1638746044

65) New York Magazine

A Young Mother’s Poem at the U.N. Climate Summit Was Completely Heartbreaking

24 September - Article with video

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/mother-reads-heartbreaking-climate-poem-at-un.html

66) Radio Australia

Marshallese poet moves Summit delegates to tears

24 September - Full poem audio

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/marshallese-poet-moves-summit-delegates-to-tears/1371749

67) Radio New Zealand International (Dateline Pacific programme)

Pacific leaders calling for action at UN climate change summit

24 September - Several excerpts from statement and poem in radio piece

http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/20150895/pacific-leaders-calling-for-action-at-un-climate-change-summit

68) Radio New Zealand International

Marshallese poet moves UN summit

24 September

http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/255370/marshallese-poet-moves-un-summit

69) Bill Moyers and Company

Climate Change is Every Mother’s Fight

24 September - Article and video

http://billmoyers.com/2014/09/24/honor-mother/

70) The Irish Times

Marshall Islander makes impassioned plea to climate change conference

‘We deserve to do more than just survive, we deserve to thrive’

24 September

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/marshall-islander-makes-impassioned-plea-to-climate-change-conference-1.1939349

71) Mashable

Top 5 Takeaways From the United Nations Climate Summit

24 September - Includes: “2. We are awesome at opening and closing Climate Summit meetings. The in-between part still needs some work. The most powerful moment at the entire summit occurred during its opening ceremony. Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a 26-year-old poet from the low-lying Marshall Islands, a small nation in the western Pacific, read a poem that essentially shamed world leaders for not acting fast enough to prevent sea level rise.” + video of statement and poem

http://mashable.com/2014/09/24/united-nations-climate-summit-takeaways/

72) Vice

We’re still not even close to saving the planet after the largest climate summit ever

24 September - 2nd paragraph is about Kathy’s presentation

http://www.vice.com/read/were-still-not-even-close-to-saving-the-planet-after-the-largest-climate-summit-ever-924

73) Oxfam America

Who was willing to talk dollars and cents at this week’s UN Climate Summit?

24 September - includes:

“After spending the day listening to leaders talk about their actions to address climate change, my takeaway on climate financing at this week’s UN Climate Summit? Some good steps, but we still have a long way to go if rich countries are going to help Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner keep the promise she made to her daughter.”

http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2014/09/willing-talk-dollars-cents-weeks-un-climate-summit/

74) Road to Paris - Science for Smart Policy

10 things we learnt from the New York climate talks

24 September - Lead photo is of Kathy speaking and list includes: “9. Marshall Islanders aren’t just symbols for the victims of climate change” and link to video of Kathy’s statement and poem

http://roadtoparis.info/2014/09/24/10-things-learnt-new-york-climate-talks/

75) Mother Nature Network

See the climate change poem that made the U.N. cry

25 September

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/blogs/see-the-climate-change-poem-that-made-the-un-cry

76) InterPress Service

Climate Summit: Much Talk, A Bit of Walk

24 September

Photo of Kathy, Mak, Matafele with SG, Bob Orr, PGA at top of article

Caption: Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a member of civil society from the Marshall Islands, received a standing ovation at the opening of the U.N. Climate Summit 2014 for her poem addressed to her daughter

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/climate-summit-much-talk-a-bit-of-walk/

77) Media Matters for America

Conservative Media's Crocodile Tears On Climate Change And The Poor

24 September - includes:

“Meanwhile, Gutfeld has mocked the serious security threat that small islands face from rising sea levels due to climate change, despite that many experts have determined that small islands "are expected to lose significant proportions of their land," and that many will become uninhabitable if global warming continues unabated. One such small island resident, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands, delivered a moving poem during the U.N. climate summit about how climate change could impact her child, and has impacted many nations already:” (studio video embedded)

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/09/24/conservative-medias-crocodile-tears-on-climate/200874 

78) Daily Kos

Climate Summit Recap: A Poem, Pledges, Positive Signals

24 September - Article and studio video

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/24/1332001/-Climate-Summit-Recap-A-Poem-Pledges-Positive-Signals#

79) Planeta Sustentável (Brazil)

Líderes mundiais aplaudem de pé poetisa das Ilhas Marshall na Cúpula do Clima (World leaders give standing ovation to poet from the Marshall Islands at Climate Summit)

24 September

http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/blog/blog-do-clima/2014/09/24/lideres-mundiais-aplaudem-de-pe-poetisa-das-ilhas-marshall-na-cupula-do-clima/

80) Brisbane Times (Australia)

Poet brings world leaders to tears at UN Climate Summit

24 September - Article with video

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/climate-change/poet-brings-world-leaders-to-tears-at-un-climate-summit-20140925-10lq5x.html

Poem Moves UN Summit to Tears

Video of poem

http://media.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world-news/poem-moves-un-summit-to-tears-5811917.html

81) Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

Poet brings world leaders to tears at UN Climate Summit

25 September - Article with video (same as Brisbane Times)

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/poet-brings-world-leaders-to-tears-at-un-climate-summit-20140925-10lq5x.html

82) Canberra Times (Australia)

25 September - Article with video (same as Brisbane Times and Sydney Morning Herald)

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/climate-change/poet-brings-world-leaders-to-tears-at-un-climate-summit-20140925-10lq5x.html

83) The Daily Life (Australia)

26-year-old indigenous woman brings world leaders to tears at UN Climate Summit

25 September - Article with studio video (same as Brisbane Times, Canberrat Times and Sydney Morning Herald)

http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/news-features/26yearold-indigenous-woman-brings-world-leaders-to-tears-at-un-climate-summit-20140925-3gma5.html

84) Financial Express Bangladesh

PM calls for robust commitments by large carbon emitting nations

25 September - mentions that Kathy spoke in opening ceremony

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/09/25/58098

85) Fortune Magazine (The Broadsheet)

Young mother shakes up UN Climate Summit

25 September - Short piece included in listing of top stories of the day

http://fortune.com/2014/09/25/the-broadsheet-september-25th/

86) USA Today

Photo Album from Climate Summit - picture #25

25 September

http://www.usatoday.com/media/cinematic/gallery/16091689/speakers-at-the-united-nations-climate-change-summit/ 

Direct link to photo:

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/b54b33ca87e322902c4fad3237ded7d338ca21a9/c=172-53-1796-1275&r=x1443&c=1920x1440/local/-/media/USATODAY/None/2014/09/23/1411477342004-un092314x0005.jpg

87) Democracy Now!

Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace on Climate Change and War, Lessons from Anti-Apartheid Struggle

25 September - Includes full UN video of Kathy’s poem performance and some discussion of it

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2014/9/25/part_2_kumi_naidoo_of_greenpeace

88) Information (Denmark)

En bevægelses genfødsel (A movement reborn)

25 September - Begins with (translation): “It was not just heartbreaking, it was in a sense macabre when the young poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the low-lying Marshall Islands at the end of the climate summit Tuesday read her poignant poem to her seven-month-old daughter to the assembled Heads of State and Government in the UN building. The poet's promise to her daughter that no greedy and amoral corporations, no bureaucracies with blinders must be allowed to drown her dreams for life in sea level rise from climate change, triggered a long, standing ovation from the audience. ‘Close your eyes and you just slept in peace, baby, because we will not let you down. You'll see,’ said the slender woman from the Pacific Islands and tears undoubtedly developed in the eyes of some of the suit-clad State men and women.”

http://www.information.dk/510669

89) Bellona Foundation (Norway)

Norway needs to feel some oil and gas pain to reach climate goals at home

25 September - includes: “But, aside from all the vaunted political rhetoric, it was the keynote address of a 26-year-old new mother and poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands whose country is about to sink into the ocean because of climate change that made the biggest impression. The Marshall Islands sit about a meter and a half above sea level. She spoke of the difficulties of solving the climate challenge was maintained confidence that it would happen – because it has to happen. And she insisted to the delegates that she and her daughter will continue to live in their home. “No one’s drowning, baby,” she said. “No one’s moving. No one’s losing their homeland. No one’s becoming a climate change refugee – We are drawing the line here.” Her words brought the gathering of distinguished world leaders to their feed in applause. Even for a tough old hardcore eco warrior like me, it was a poignant moment.” + video of statement and poem

http://bellona.org/news/climate-change/2014-09-frederic-hauges-nyc-climate-blog-norway-needs-feel-oil-gas-pain-reach-climate-goals-home

90) The Age (Australia)

Poem Moves UN Summit to Tears

25 September - UN video of poem

http://media.theage.com.au/news/world-news/poem-moves-un-summit-to-tears-5811917.html

91) Rue89 (France)

Pays en voie de disparition : une jeune poétesse fait comprendre l’urgence à l’ONU (Country endangered: A young poet brings a sense of urgency to the UN)

25 September - Article with video and full text of poem

http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/zapnet/2014/09/25/pays-voie-disparition-comment-jeune-poete-a-fait-comprendre-lurgence-a-lonu-255079

92) Bond Beter Leefmilieu (Belgium)

Klimaatconferentie New York: goed voor de moraal

25 September - Includes: “De vertegenwoordiger van de civiele samenleving, de dichteres Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner van de Marshall eilanden, bracht een adembenemende speech. In een lang gedicht aan haar zeven maanden oude dochtertje bekritiseerde ze de besluitloosheid van politici en de immoraliteit van fossiele ondernemingen. Ze richtte haar hoop op de beweging van onderuit.”

http://www.bondbeterleefmilieu.be/page.php/30/811/15369

93) !!444!!! (Hungary)

Sok mindent láttak már az ENSZ tisztviselői, de ez a fiatal anya még őket is megríkatta (World leaders have seen much, but it is a young mother that made them cry)

25 September

http://444.hu/2014/09/25/sok-mindent-lattak-mar-az-ensz-tisztviseloi-de-ez-a-fiatal-anya-meg-oket-is-megrikatta/ 

94) Truth Dig

World Leaders Reportedly ‘Moved to Tears’ by Climate Change Poem Recital at U.N. Summit (Video)

25 September - Article with video

http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/world_leaders_reportedly_moved_tears_climate_change_poem_un_summit_20140925

95) Ecology Today

A Poet at the Climate Summit

25 September - Article and studio video

http://www.ecology.com/2014/09/25/poet-climate-summit/

96) IntLawGrrls

Pledges, promises and a poem – The UN Climate Summit 2014

25 September

http://ilg2.org/2014/09/25/pledges-promises-and-a-poem-the-un-climate-summit-2014/

97) National Geographic Brasil

Cúpula do Clima: líderes mundiais aplaudem de pé poetisa das Ilhas Marshall (Climate Summit: World leaders give standing ovation to poet of the Marshall Islands)

26 September

http://viajeaqui.abril.com.br/materias/cupula-do-clima-kathy-jetnil-kijiner-poetisa-das-ilhas-marshall

98) Democracy Now! (Radio and Online)

"We Deserve To Do More Than Just Survive": Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the U.N. Climate Summit

26 September

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/26/we_deserve_to_do_more_than

99) Marshall Islands Journal

Cheers and Tears for Kathy’s Poem

26 September

http://www.marshallislandsjournal.com/Main-story-page.html

100) City Watch Los Angeles, CA

World Leaders ‘Moved to Tears’ by Climate Change Poem at U.N. Summit (Video)

26 September - Article with video

http://www.citywatchla.com/lead-stories-hidden/7599-world-leaders-moved-to-tears-by-climate-change-poem-at-u-n-summit-video

101) Free Speech TV

"We Deserve To Do More Than Just Survive" Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the U N Climate Summit

26 September - Article with video

https://www.freespeech.org/video/we-deserve-do-more-just-survive-marshall-islands-poet’s-plea-u-n-climate-summit

102) Oxfam GB

After New York, how should climate change campaigners approach Paris? (aka Naomi Klein vs the New Climate Economy)

26 September - includes: “The best speech made in those days was delivered by a mum from the Marshall Islands, whose poetry has given us all a new voice for our struggle.”

http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/after-new-york-how-should-climate-change-campaigners-approach-paris-aka-naomi-klein-vs-the-new-climate-economy/ 

103) Bio a la Une (France)

"Nous allons nous battre" le discours bouleversant d’une mère pour sauver l’habitat de son bébé

26 September - Article with studio video and full text of poem

http://www.bioalaune.com/fr/actualite-bio/13507/nous-allons-nous-battre-discours-bouleversant-dune-mere-sauver-lhabitat-de-son#sthash.4AKnrNqr.dpuf 

104) Crikey (Australian Independent News)

On climate change. What’s changed?

26 September - Includes “It’s been a week when poetry moved people to tears (Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a 26-year-old poet from the Marshall Islands, addressed the Summit’s opening ceremony).” + studio video

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2014/09/26/on-climate-change-whats-changed/

105) Respekt (Czechoslovakia)

Další růst buď bude zelený, nebo nebude žádný

26 September - sentence about presentation in Summit + studio video

http://respekt.ihned.cz/externi-hlasy/c1-62865590-dalsi-rust-bud-bude-zeleny-nebo-nebude-zadny 

106) National Geographic Brasil

Cúpula do Clima de NY, uma divisora de águas

27 September - with mention of Kathy and link to article about her presentation at UN

http://viajeaqui.abril.com.br/materias/cupula-do-clima-de-ny-uma-divisora-de-aguas

107) The Daily Star (India)

A week that may change the world

27 September - Includes: “However, the entire assembly came to a standing ovation (something that rarely happens in that location) in response to a moving poem delivered by the poet Ms. Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands to her newly born daughter (who also joined her on the podium at the end).”

http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/a-week-that-may-change-the-world-43500 

108) SvD Nyheter (Sweden)

Dikten till dottern starkast på FN-mötet (Poem to Daughter Strongest at UN Meeting)

28 September - Article with lead photo

http://www.svd.se/nyheter/utrikes/poet-starkast-pa-fn-scenen_3960800.svd

109) Joop (Netherlands)

Heeft dit kind straks nog een land? (Will this child have a country?)

Ontroerend gedicht van Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, inwoonster van de Marshalleilanden, voor haar 7 maanden oude dochter (Touching poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, resident of the Marshall Islands, for her 7 month old daughter

28 September

http://www.joop.nl/groen/detail/artikel/28803_heeft_dit_kind_straks_nog_een_land/

110) Canada’s First Perspective

Mother’s Poem to Six-Month Old Daughter Triggers Standing Ovation

28 September

http://www.firstperspective.ca/index.php/news/4109-mother-s-poem-to-six-month-old-daughter-triggers-standing-ovation

111) USA Today

World leaders meet at United Nations - photo album

29 September - Kathy, Makerusa and Matafele are picture #30

http://www.usatoday.com/media/cinematic/gallery/16091689/speakers-at-the-united-nations-climate-change-summit/

112) Radio Australia

29 September

Marshall Islands poet returns home to great acclaim

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/marshall-islands-poet-returns-home-to-great-acclaim/1373251 

113) Islands Business

Stand up for the Pacific - 350.org campaign

29 September - Includes “In the words of Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner of Marshall Islands at the United Nations last week, ‘We are drawing the line here, because baby we are going to fight.’”

http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/fiji/6266/stand-up-for-the-pacific-350org-campaign/

114) Truthout

"We Deserve to Do More Than Just Survive": Marshall Islands Poet's Plea to the UN Climate Summit

29 September - repeat of DemocracyNow! piece on Kathy from 26 September with UN video and poem text

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26493-we-deserve-to-do-more-than-just-survive-marshall-islands-poet-s-plea-to-the-un-climate-summit

115) California Academy of Sciences

UN Climate Summit Wrap Up

29 September - Includes: “Finally, even though Leonardo DiCaprio was the biggest celebrity at the event, he was outshone by poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands, who stands at the front lines of climate change impacts. Many reported that she left few dry eyes in the UN after her amazing performance. You can view it here.”

116) Thompson Reuters Foundation

Can U.N. climate negotiators connect with the real world?

30 September - Leads off with “Something very special happened on Sept. 23 at the U.N. Climate Summit in New York. Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a young poet from the Pacific island nation of the Marshall Islands, stood in front of more than 100 world leaders and passionately performed a piece she had composed for the occasion, dedicated to her seven-month-old daughter….”

http://www.trust.org/item/20140930092347-73ngr/?source=gep

117) Huffington Post

Why an Unequal Planet Can Never Be Green

30 September - para about delivery of poem at Summit, and link to article in Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-pizzigati/why-an-unequal-planet-can_b_5906592.html

118) Polityka (Poland)

Dobry klimat dla klimatu

30 September

http://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/nauka/1594177,1,co-ustalono-na-szczycie-klimatycznym-onz-w-nowym-jorku.read

119) Fiji Times (Front page feature)

Stand for Tomorrow

01 October - half of the 900 word article is about Kathy’s statement and poem

http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=281777 

120) Huffington Post

US Bah’ai Office for Public Affairs: Connecting the Dots…

03 October - Includes: “Finally, what really put a cap on the weekend's events for me was the frank and passionate appeal to world leaders made by the young Marshallese poet, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, who had been selected from among 500 applicants to speak for civil society. She offered both a stern warning and encouragement to world leaders. Pledging civil society's support, she concluded with a poem she had written for her seven month old daughter. It brought a standing ovation. Her powerful message connected the dots for all with ears to hear and eyes to see.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-adriance/connecting-the-dots_3_b_5924108.html

121) Huffington Post UK

Christian Aid: Natasha Bedingfield and My Strange Day Inside the UN Climate Summit

03 October - Includes: “At the summit it was a poem from the Pacific which stole the show and raised the delegates to their feet. Twenty-six-year-old poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands recited a letter to her baby daughter entitled ‘Dear Matafele Peinem’ in which she spoke of her hope that she would not grow up to become a climate refugee because by then the nations of the world would have acted to address global warming. It was a powerful opening moment which seemed to galvanise those attending and reminded them, like the 400,000 strong People's Climate March two days before, that outside the building were millions of people demanding their political leaders turn their warm words of rhetoric into concreate actions to cool the planet.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/joe-ware/un-climate-summit_b_5924180.html

122) PBS News Hour

Two poems on what it’s like to live with Ebola, climate change

6 October 2014

The two women live in different parts of the world: one on a tropical island in the Pacific, another in a former war-torn African country now fighting Ebola. Their lives are very different but they chose the same way to express their anguish and hopes for their situation: through poetry. (Includes full poem)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/two-poems-on-ebola-climate-change/

 

123) RTCC

Concern mounts in Marshall Islands as high tides swamp capital

14 October 2014

In an interview with RTCC Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, the Marshallese poet who addressed the United Nations climate summit last month, said the level of flooding was unexpectedly high for this time of year. “It was just a high tide. It shouldn’t have created that much flooding. But just a small high tide is enough to create flooding now, because of sea level rise and a number of other factors,” she said. “What’s happening now is we’re lying in wait until the next disaster happens. And we know it’s going to be worse.” Jetnil-Kijiner stunned heads of state at the UN when she recited a poem at the General Assembly, written orginally for her seven-month old daughter. “We deserve to do more than just survive – we deserve to thrive,” she said. “Dear matafele peinam, you are eyes heavy with drowsy weight so just close those eyes, baby and sleep in peace because we won’t let you down you’ll see.”

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/15/concern-mounts-in-marshall-islands-as-high-tides-swamp-capital/

 

124) Piece by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner for UN-NGLS

Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner returns home from UN Climate Summit to tidal floods in Marshall Islands, launches disaster relief fund

20 October 2014

http://unngls.org/index.php/un-ngls_news_archives/un-ngls_news_2014/192-kathy-jetnil-kijiner-returns-home-from-un-climate-summit-to-tidal-floods-in-marshall-islands-launches-disaster-relief-fund

 

125) Eco Business

Pacific climate change warriors block world’s largest coal port

20 October 2014

Another climate warrior, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, from the Marshall Islands, brought members of the United Nations General Assembly to tears last month with her impassioned poem written to her baby daughter Matafele Peinam, “No one’s moving, no one’s losing their homeland, no one’s gonna become a climate change refugee. Or should I say, no one else. To the Carteret islanders of Papua New Guinea and to the Taro islanders of Fiji, I take this moment to apologise to you,” she said.

http://www.eco-business.com/news/pacific-climate-change-warriors-block-worlds-largest-coal-port/

 

126) Marshall Islands poet says youth must lead climate fight

Star of UN climate summit says support in New York left her stunned, and determined to save country from rising sea levels

22 October 2014

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/22/marshall-islands-poet-says-youth-must-lead-climate-fight/ - sthash.rXGcgabb.dpuf

127) Sourceable.net

Saving Our Island Homes

27 October 2014

With climate change a growing concern, those living on small islands and near coastlines stand to lose the most. Addressing the UN Climate Summit in New York just a few weeks ago, poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands applied the metaphor of the “lagoon that will devour” to depict the rising sea levels threatening to engulf her island home.

https://sourceable.net/saving-our-island-homes/

 

128) International Examiner

Climate Justice Forum a Call to Action for Communities of Color - Seattle, WA

13 November 2014

Nearly 100 attended the Climate Justice Forum. Many were inspired to action, particularly by a poem read by Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner at the 2014 UN Climate Summit held in New York City.

http://www.iexaminer.org/2014/11/climate-justice-forum-communities-of-color/

 

129) Road to Paris: Science for Smart Policy

Five slightly awkward moments in celebrity climate activism

31 December 2015

http://roadtoparis.info/2014/12/29/five-slightly-awkward-moments-celebrity-climate-activism/

5. Leo and the poet

 

Ban Ki-moon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore all helped kick off the UN summit on climate change in New York this September. But it was Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a poet from the Marshall Islands, who moved delegates to tears and went viral with her poem written for her seven month old daughter.Jetnil-Kijiner not only overshadowed DiCaprio, but made him look a bit ephemeral. He’s a long-standing environmental activist, and his involvement undoubtedly helped unlock some publicity for the event, and help frame it as something more than just politicians arguing.

 

As DiCaprio said himself in his speech to the UN, “I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems.” It was hard not to look at Jetnil-Kijiner — who was picked from thousands of candidates to represent civil society at the talks — and think “well, she’s living it.” Climate change was part of what gave Jetnil-Kijiner’s message so much power, rather than replying on the Hollywood power of DiCaprio to add something external to the debate.

 

Many PRs involved in the climate movement — from NGOs, the UN or scientific bodies — would argue we need celebrities to publicise the cause. One Direction’s involvement in Save the Arctic crashed Greenpeace’s website. It sent traffic, if nothing else. But according to research published in the journal Global Environmental Change in 2013, images of identifiable people — which included politicians, a business leader, scientist, a celebrity and a member of the British Royal Family — made people in the USA, UK and Australia feel quite strongly that climate change was unimportant. Christian Hunt, reporting on the study for Carbon Brief, notes that more work needs to be done — testing images in non-English speaking countries, for example, or how messages like Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner do or do not work — but if the conclusions hold, there could be some pretty important implications for climate campaigns.

 

130) Pacific News Center

The University of Guam presents the first Presidential Lecture of 2015 featuring Marshallese poet and spoken word artist Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner.

15 March 2015

Her lecture is entitled: "Iep Jeltok: A Basket of Poetry and Activism." Jetnil-Kijiner was selected from more than 500 candidates to represent the voice of civil society to perform at the opening of the United Nations Climate Summit in New York in September of last year.

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/lifestyle/education/item/2670-marshallese-poet-kathy-jetnil-kijiner-to-speak-at-uog-presidential-lecture-tomorrow

 

131) RTCC.com

As sea levels rise, climate change threatens entire Pacific cultures

25 February 2015

In the first of a series of columns, poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner reflects on the cultural dimensions of climate change

http://www.rtcc.org/2015/02/24/as-sea-levels-rise-climate-change-threatens-entire-pacific-cultures/

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