Island nations contribute the least to this disaster/ but are made to suffer the weight of these consequences.// Our governments/ and corporate entities/ have known for decades the immediate changes needed.// Yet change still has not come.// And when the frontline is gone,/ we are doomed./There is no undoing.// If you continue to watch/ unsympathetic to the issues of Island nations,/ this realization will soon come/ that you stood by/ and witnessed the world/ cross the critical tipping point/ of sharing the death of our planet./ Sixty-nine of the hundred/ richest entities/ in the world are corporations./ They're not governments./ Obviously,/ it is not naive to believe that one does not influence the other.// But we are watching,/ and the people will hold our governments and corporate powers/ accountable for the destruction you are allowing to our environment.// Three years ago,/ in Paris,/ the world stood United/ and vowed to keep the earth below 1.5 degrees of warming./ We pledged to hold ourselves to a higher standard/ and to do what is right./ I'm standing here today/ because I am ashamed/ that not all of our leaders have honored this agreement.// Delegates,/ I ask you now,/ do we still stand in unity for this cause?/ Do you intend to honor the commitments/ for the betterment of mankind,/ or will you/ continue to chase short-term profits/ above our children's basic human rights/ to live on this earth?// Change cannot come in 2050/ or 2030,/ or even 2025./ The change must come today./ We can no longer afford the luxury of half-assing it/ as we willingly force ourselves beyond the threshold of no return.// As a human species,/ we need the earth/ to (to) survive./ But make (make) no mistake,/ the Earth doesn't need us.// We are demanding/ global unity/ for a global crisis,/ to once again bring harmony between mankind and the natural balance of our world./ We must right the wrongs we have done against our children/ and grandchildren/ because we are gifting them/ with a world that suffers from our irresponsible stewardship.