{"id":1068,"date":"2024-11-21T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.51talk.com\/en\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T06:17:35","slug":"a-child-of-the-sea-speaks-at-cop29-for-our-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.51talk.com\/en\/a-child-of-the-sea-speaks-at-cop29-for-our-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"A Child of the Sea Speaks at COP29 for Our Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1104\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-source.51talk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/20260213061618183.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1069\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ryoma Hattori has been studying with 51Talk for over a year and has reached an Eiken Pre-2 level of English proficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His interest in climate change began during a fishing trip, when a fisherman spoke about the effects of global warming on the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Inspired by this experience, Ryoma decided to share his thoughts as a \u201ccitizen of the Earth\u201d living in an island nation surrounded by the sea. 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