“Tibetans must have a say on what happens on their land,” said the exiled government’s prime minister, Lobsang Sangay. The government-in-exile also argued that Tibetans should be restored as the “true stewards” of the plateau, which has been under Chinese rule for decades and where Tibetans accuse Beijing of mining indiscriminately while forcing nomadic communities to move elsewhere. The Himalayas are also called the Third Pole, referring to the fact that they are covered in snow and ice and are particularly susceptible to climate change, like the North and South poles. Temperatures for Tibet’s high-altitude plateau - referred to as the Roof of the World - are rising about three times faster than the global average, and are 1.3C higher than they were 50 years ago. “There’s no other planet where we may move or shift.”Īcknowledging his advanced years, the Dalai Lama appealed to younger generations to “take a more active role in protecting this planet, including the Tibetan plateau.” Our world is our home,” the Dalai Lama said. “This is not a question of one nation or two nations. The exiled government will also send its own delegate to the talks, which start 30 November in Paris, though it will not have a vote of its own.
The government-in-exile said the campaign would continue through this year’s UN climate change talks, where nations hope to conclude a new treaty for limiting climate-warming gas emissions. Watch the Dalai Lama’s video message on global warming and the Paris climate summit.
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