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Like the meteorite that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, we are having a huge impact. In the case of the climate, we are not the dinosaurs, we are the meteorite. Not only are we in danger, we are the danger.

— António Guterres

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A generation since the Genocide, we must never forget what happened – and ensure future generations always remember.

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Climate change is the defining issue of our time – and we are at a defining moment. We face a direct existential threat.

The very nature of work will change. The governments may have to consider stronger social safety nets, and eventually universal basic income.

Hunger is an outrage in a world of plenty. An empty stomach is a gaping hole in the heart of a society

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