Truro climate "inquest"

Health professionals conducted a "climate inquest" in Truro on Saturday, July 27

Transcript

00:00Today, five days after the world's hottest day ever, we have heard how the

00:07climate and ecological emergency has hastened or even caused the death of so

00:14many people across the world and how unjustly death and suffering is coming

00:22first to the poorest communities who have contributed the very least to the

00:27causes of the climate emergency. We acknowledge and grieve for these deaths

00:35and suffering and recognize that as our world heats they will increase. Every

00:43victim is from a community and has a family. Every loss is mourned by loved

00:51ones. Today we, health professionals and citizens, bear witness to the tragedy of

01:00the climate emergency. A tragedy caused mainly by the burning of oil, gas and

01:06coal, the fossil fuel companies and the banks and the governments that fund and

01:12subsidize them. All of these people have known for decades about the terrible

01:19harms they are causing. Today we also want to honor all those brave

01:27environment defenders in the UK and across the world, including health

01:33professionals, who have risked and sometimes lost their liberty, livelihood

01:40and even their lives for taking peaceful action to tell the truth, to alert

01:48everyone to the grave risks we are facing and the steps that are urgently

01:53needed to protect humanity. Thank you for listening. We know that it is difficult

02:04to face the reality of this crisis. If you would like to talk to someone about

02:09the feelings this has provoked for you