Dear world leaders, we do not need words or debt, but reparations.
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Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advoca... tes for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP) and for the Philippines' chapter of Fridays For Future (FFF). She is also an organiser with FFF MAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas), which works to amplify voices from the Global South.
Dear world leaders, we do not need words or debt, but reparations.