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Viterbo, Italy – With 10 days to go to the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, Climate for Life Campaign Ambassadors, Apa Sherpa and Dawa Steven Sherpa along with other eight Climate Witnesses from around the world were in Viterbo, Italy for a Greenaccord event to enable journalists to share information and learn from experts about climate change.
The 19 times Everest summiteer said,"The changes in weather patterns are drastic. It didn’t snow at all during December, January and February, when it should snow heavily, and it finally snowed massively in May, when usually it’s dry."
He further added, "For the first time in my life, during the Eco Everest Expedition 2009, I saw running water around Camp 4 and near the summit of Mt. Everest."
"In fact, at Camp 2 we did not even have to melt snow for drinking, which was very rare in previous expeditions."
In Kericho, Kenya, Christmas always used to be celebrated in heavy rain.
“Today, Christmas is usually dry,” said Mrs Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei, a 53 year old farmer who works extensively with the women of her community. “I have witnessed many changes myself and what is disturbing us most are changes to the weather,” said Chepkoskei.
“Rainfall patterns have changed drastically in the last decades. Here in the Kericho District we used to have rainfall throughout the year. I remember clearly that my family celebrated Christmas when it was raining heavily, but this has changed completely.”
Many of the climate witnesses now telling their stories at Viterbo are travelling on to Copenhagen, hoping to dramatise to negotiators and Heads of State the human costs of not concluding a binding legal agreement to limit emissions and assist developing nations in particular adapt to climate change impacts.
Climate Witnesses are already active in their lives and with their communities taking action to deal with climate change impacts and towards reducing their carbon emissions. They are joining with WWF to call on world leaders to also take strong action on climate change and have the courage to sign a new global climate deal in Copenhagen.
Apa and Dawa are in Viterbo as a part of the European Expedition of the Climate-for-Life Campaign spearheaded by WWF Nepal. After Rome they will be travelling through Geneva, Chamonix, Vienna, Brussels and finally to Copenhagen.
“We are delighted that our Campaign Ambassadors are succeeding in raising the profile of the Himalayas in the global climate debate,” said Prashant Singh, the Campaign Lead.
The 19 times Everest summiteer said,"The changes in weather patterns are drastic. It didn’t snow at all during December, January and February, when it should snow heavily, and it finally snowed massively in May, when usually it’s dry." He further added, "For the first time in my life, during the Eco Everest Expedition 2009, I saw running water around Camp 4 and near the summit of Mt. Everest."
"In fact, at Camp 2 we did not even have to melt snow for drinking, which was very rare in previous expeditions."
In Kericho, Kenya, Christmas always used to be celebrated in heavy rain.
“Today, Christmas is usually dry,” said Mrs Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei, a 53 year old farmer who works extensively with the women of her community. “I have witnessed many changes myself and what is disturbing us most are changes to the weather,” said Chepkoskei.
“Rainfall patterns have changed drastically in the last decades. Here in the Kericho District we used to have rainfall throughout the year. I remember clearly that my family celebrated Christmas when it was raining heavily, but this has changed completely.”
Many of the climate witnesses now telling their stories at Viterbo are travelling on to Copenhagen, hoping to dramatise to negotiators and Heads of State the human costs of not concluding a binding legal agreement to limit emissions and assist developing nations in particular adapt to climate change impacts.
Climate Witnesses are already active in their lives and with their communities taking action to deal with climate change impacts and towards reducing their carbon emissions. They are joining with WWF to call on world leaders to also take strong action on climate change and have the courage to sign a new global climate deal in Copenhagen.
Apa and Dawa are in Viterbo as a part of the European Expedition of the Climate-for-Life Campaign spearheaded by WWF Nepal. After Rome they will be travelling through Geneva, Chamonix, Vienna, Brussels and finally to Copenhagen.
“We are delighted that our Campaign Ambassadors are succeeding in raising the profile of the Himalayas in the global climate debate,” said Prashant Singh, the Campaign Lead.
