Mt. Kilamanjaro's glaciers have been disappearing, a result of climate change.

The People's Climate March and Movement

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 19, 2014

Dr. Vaishali Patil, global climate ambassador for 350.org, founder of the Ankur Trust, president of the Forum for Demanding the Rights of Indigenous People, and convener of the Forum Against Disastrous Projects in Konkan; Lorena del Carpio Suarez, Global climate ambassador for the People's Climate March, youth leader and member of the Peruvian Citizens' Movement on Climate Change (El Movimiento Ciudadano frente al Cambio Climático); and Göksen Sahin, global climate ambassador for 350.org, founder of Turkey's Global Action Group and the Environmental Policies coordinator and climate policy officer at TEMA Foundation and producer of the "Green Wave" radio program at Open Radio in Turkey, and Lorena del Carpio Suarez, global climate ambassador for the People's Climate March, youth leader and member of the Peruvian Citizens' Movement on Climate Change (El Movimiento Ciudadano frente al Cambio Climático), talk about the specific challenges climate change presents around the world and what 350.org hopes to accomplish in this Sunday's People's Climate March.

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