#FirstNatons #Colombia

I was given a wooden baton – a symbol of power – to remind me to strive towards two goals: peace among our citizens after 50 years of conflict, and peace with nature. The indigenous leaders warned me that our relationship with the natural world had been harmed, that nature was angry, and that we would suffer the consequences. Two weeks later, La Niña hit Colombia with devastating floods

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#ClimateChange #pollution #environment #climate

Can humanity fix what it has broken?

On my first day in office as Colombia’s president just over 15 years ago, I met with the leaders of four indigenous peoples in the Sierra Nevada de...

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