"Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight."
"There can be no solution to the challenge of climate change that is not global. But if we can come together in partnership, we can transform today's challenge into tomorrow's opportunity - an opportunity for green growth and sustainable prosperity... we also need a strong bottom-up push from academics and opinion-shapers such as you. Universities such as yours are founts of ideas and innovation. They are furnaces of innovation and entrepreneurship. So, send forth this word."
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Source: Big Idea 2014: The Year for Climate Action by Ban Ki-moon, www.un.org. December 10, 2013.
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