Bolivia's ambassador to the UN thinks you're stupid: Months after a cold wave killed millions of fish in his country, he claims we owe Bolivia money for overheating their country

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Visible evidence of climate change is all around us.It can be found almost daily on the TV screens of people in rich countries – Pakistan's floods, Russia's heatwave, the unprecedented Arctic snow melt – in Bolivia, we are struggling to cope everyday with limited resources and ever more unstable weather. This year a drought throughout Bolivia meant we had to provide emergency food aid to hundreds of thousands of people. As we see our high Andean mountains, revered as apus or spirits by our indigenous peoples, lose their white peaks, we feel a visceral loss of our culture and our history.
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• Pablo Solon is the Bolivian ambassador to the UN

August 2010: Cold wave kills six million fish in Bolivia

At least six million fish have died in three rivers of Bolivia due to the intense cold wave sweeping through the country in the past few weeks.

Authorities in the eastern Bolivian province of Santa Cruz declared an alert following the death of fish in the Grande, Pirai and Ichilo rivers that run through the tropical region.

This is an 'environmental catastrophe' brought on by the lowest temperatures registered in Santa Cruz in nearly half a century, Gov. Ruben Costas told reporters.