Global and non-governmental organizations joined forces during climate change talks in Peru as another devastating typhoon ripped through the Philippines still recovering from last year's Typhoon Haiyan that killed 7,000 Filipinos.

Typhoon Hagupit, which roughly translates to "lash" in Filipino, is now lashing the archipelago while world leaders congregate in Lima for the second and final week of world climate change talks. 

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According to Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo who's in the Philippines, people are still struggling to rebuild their lives while grieving for the loved ones they lost. He intends to travel to these calamity stricken communities to stand in solidarity with the typhoon's victims.

He also adds this tragedy triggered by climate change is being experienced by the powerless and blameless. The world's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate and urgent climate action is becoming more relevant than ever for human survival.

Typhoon Hagupit, called Ruby  in the Philippines, made two landfalls in the Visayas region toppling trees, tearing off roofs and damagig infrastructure. It is expected to pass close to country's capital, Manila, Monday evening.

Nearly one million Filipinos have fled to safe areas. The UN declared this is one of the largest peacetime evacuations yet.

In an ironic twist of fate, this is the third typhoon to strike the Philippines during a global climate change conference. Typhoon Haiyan last year hit the country when climate talks in Warsaw, Poland were underway while climate talks in Doha, Qatar in 2012 took place amidst Typhoon Pablo.

To date, climate experts and world leaders in Lima are discussing a key global climate deal to be finalized in Paris next year.

According to NGO group leader Voltaire Alferez of the Aksyon Klima Pilipinas, Filipinos no longer debate whether climate change impacts are felt. They know climate change is already here and are experiencing it right now, year after year, after every typhoon.

Climate change is real.

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