Los Angeles: Aquaman starrer Jason Momoa has requested world leaders to take serious actions on the climate crisis in his United Nations speech. He addressed the issue on September 27.
The actor and ocean activist spoke up for "all-island nations" at the UN and demanded more action from delegates, listing the issues that threaten some of the world's most beautiful places and claiming the people of the South Pacific, in particular, are suffering more, insisting they are at the "critical tipping point" of a crisis that could kill the planet.
"As a native Hawaiian born to a mother from Iowa, I have seen how one place can be oblivious to another," he said.
"The issues facing an island can feel so far removed from that place that is landlocked in the middle of our country. However, with a foothold in two worlds, I quickly began to see how a problem for one will soon become a problem for all...".
"We, the island nations and all coastal communities, are the front lines in this environmental crisis. The oceans are in a state of emergency, entire marine ecosystems are vanishing with the warming of the seas, and as the waste of the world empties into our waters, we face the devastating crisis of plastic pollution," he added.