When Alicia was seven, the Indian Ocean Tsunami hit an island several kilometers from where she lived. It was only years later that she heard about the hundreds of people had disappeared into trafficking-related activities. Climate change causes and exacerbates many problems that damage human dignity. Trafficking, particularly labor trafficking, is one area. Damage to livelihoods through the changing world leads millions of people, including children, are coerced, forced, or lured with false promises into debt bondage and other forms of slavery each year. More conversations need to happen; now is the time to act.

在Alicia七歲的時候，印度洋遭到海嘯侵襲。這個位置很近她的家。幾年後，她了解到有幾百名同鄉被販賣。氣候變化加速了人的尊嚴問題。人口販賣是其中一個問題。人口販賣影響到全球數以千萬計的人- 包括小朋友。這些小朋友每年會受到引誘或強逼去來抵債和做奴隸。現在是時候來討論和用行動來解決這個問題。 Alicia Margono is an Indonesian-Canadian researcher with bachelor’s in International Relations and Psychology. Her research focuses on mental health and trafficking in Southeast Asia. She co-led the Global Youth Energy Outlook research report published at the UN COP26. She is currently a business consultant. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx