Typhoon Haiyan speaks to us of climate inaction, injustice, apathy and irresponsibility.

Enough with all the suffering, enough with this madness. When will they listen? When there will be no people to listen to? When our voices are buried with the rubble left by storm surges and strong winds?

Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan wait to board a C130 aircraft during the evacuation of hundreds of survivors. Credit:Getty Images

As help from different parts of the globe arrives, we are thankful for the the sympathy - but what we need most is empathy. After global assistance has been delivered, states emitting large amount of carbon dioxide may still remain business as usual.

They must submit themselves to a legally binding commitment to reduce carbon emissions, or else we will expect more typhoons which are larger and more intense.