my country is being tested by this hell storm called super typhoon hayen up to this hour Mr President we remain uncertain as to the full extent of the damage the initial assessment show that hayan left a wake of massive destruction that is unprecedented Unthinkable up to 37 28 kmph making it the strongest typhoon in modern recorded history Mr President the picture in the aftermath is ever slowly coming into clearer Focus the devastation is colossal that climate change will mean increased potential for more intense tropical storms can we ever attain the ultimate objective of the convention which is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with a climate system by failing to meet the objective of the convention me we may have ratified our own Doom we have to confront the issue of loss and damage loss and damage is a reality today across the world we need an emergency climate pathway Mr President I speak for my delegation but I I speak speak for the countless people who will no longer be able to speak speak for themselves after perishing from the storm I speak also for those who have been orphaned by the storm I wish to speak on a more personal note super typhoon hayen perhaps unknown to many here made landfall in my own family's Hometown and the devastation is staggering I struggle to find words even for the images that we see on the news coverage and I struggle to find words to describe how I I feel about the losses up to this hour I agonized waiting for word to the fate of my very own relatives what gives me renewed strength and great relief is that my own brother has communicated to us and he had survived the the onslaught in the last two days he has been Gathering bodies of the Dead with his own two hands he is very hungry and weary as Food Supplies find it difficult to arrive in that hardest heat area Mr President these last two days there are moments when I feel that I should rally behind climate Advocates who peacefully confront those historically responsible for the current state of our climate these selfless people who fight coal expose themselves to freezing temperatures or black oil pipelines we cannot solve climate change when we seek to spew more emissions in solidarity with my countrymen who are struggling to find food back home and with my brother who has not had food for the last 3 days with all due respect Mr President and I mean no disrespect for your kind hospitality I will now commence a voluntary fasting for the climate this means I will voluntarily refrain from eating food during this cup until a meaningful outcome is in sight until concrete pledges have been made to ensure mobilization of resources for the green climate fund we cannot afford a for cup with an empty GCF until the promise of the oper operationalization of a loss and damage mechanism has been fulfilled until there is Assurance on finance for adaptation until we see real ambition and climate action in accordance with the principles we have so up upheld Mr President this process under the unfccc has been called many many names it has been called the farce it has been called an annual carbon intensive Gathering of used to L frequent flyers and this hurts the unfccc the project to save the planet it has also been called saving tomorrow today we can fix this we can stop this [Applause] madness thank you Philippines for your great speech