Desmond Tutu's Blog

Children play in flood water in Punjab province, Pakistan. 'The most devastating effects of climate change are being visited on the world's poor.' Photograph: Omer Saleem/EPA

Desmond Tutu says that the way his friend Nelson Mandela was treated towards the end of his life was an affront to his dignity. Photograph: Media24/Gallo Images/Getty

'The negative impacts of Keystone XL will affect the whole world, our shared world, the only world we have.' Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

Desmond Tutu … 'My father has long since died but if I could speak to him today, I would want to tell him I had forgiven him.' Photograph: EPA

Wind turbines rise above a solar power plant, near Werder, Germany. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Link to video: Desmond Tutu leads prayer in memory of Nelson Mandela

Yes, governments should step up, but so should we. We must not be squeamish about bringing this issue to the dinner table

How can the country be abandoned in its hour of need? Power plays have taken priority over the terrible suffering of Syrians

Without pressure, the human tragedies of the country’s conflict will not be accounted for