The person in the first photo is Climate Change Commissioner Naderev Sano of the Philippines. He is well known in the Climate Change scene all over the world.  I first met him at a Greeneration Summit in 2012 when he spoke and I was inspired by his message.

Last year in Poland, Naderev Sano made people cry at the 9^th COP on Climate Change in Warsaw when he declared that he would fast (not eat) "until a meaningful outcome is in sight" and "until we see real ambition on climate action in accordance with the principles of the convention."  He asked the delegates at the 9^th COP to make their pledges to the UN's Green Climate Fund, which aims to help countries to reduce their climate change emissions and help mitigate the effects of climate change. He made this appeal during a time for the Philippines when large areas were devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan.  Mr. Sano was personally feeling it because his brother (AG Sano) was in Tacloban, Leyte at that time helping pull out bodies of the dead victims of the typhoon.

This year, Naderev Sano will lead the WALK FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE.  This is in solidarity with the call for climate justice all over the world. On September 23 while world leaders were meeting to address the issues of climate change in the UN Climate Summit, thousands of people gathered in more than 2700 events in 150 countries to demand action from their leaders.

In the Philippines, the climate advocates will join the call with the Walk for Climate Justice that will start on October 2, 2014 from Kilometer Zero in Rizal Park, Manila where the monument to our National Hero Jose Rizal is located.   The Walk will end after forty days (on November 8) in Tacloban City. This is the anniversary of the time Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last year with worst damage in Tacloban.

The WALK FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE hopes to commemorate the Super Typhoon Haiyan and to bring awareness to the impacts of climate change.  The forty day walk on foot from Manila will cover about 800 kilometers. Many climate advocates will join the walk. One of them will be AG Sano, Naderev?s brother who will visit the place where he experienced the onslaught of Super Typhoon Haiyan one year ago.

For more about the Walk for Climate Justice:  http://climatewalknow.wordpress.com/about/