"...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an urgent challenge, not only a challenge that threatens the environment but also international peace and security, prosperity and development. And as the Stern report showed, the economic effects of climate change on this scale cannot be ignored, but the costs can be limited if we act early"

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Source: Brown vows to keep national control by Ian Black and Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2003.

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Gordon Brown is a British politician and former Prime Minister, known for his focus on economic reform and social justice.

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