9 DECEMBER 2014
Shortly after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged his home country in November of last year, a slim, soft-spoken and totally unknown climate negotiator from the Philippines found himself overcome by emotion when addressing a U.N. climate summit in Warsaw, Poland.
Yeb Saño, one of three climate commissioners from the Philippines, broke down in tears as he pleaded with representatives from other nations to commit to reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent future superstorms like Haiyan. He spoke of family members still unaccounted for, combing through rubble to search for survivors.
Source: Mashable