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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at press encounter with US Senators Kerry, Lugar and Lieberman, 10 Nov. '09

Of course, there will be costs associated with tackling climate change. But these costs pale in comparison with the cost of not taking action. Inaction will mean a weakened economic recovery, a loss of global competitiveness, increased global instability and further human suffering. A global agreement on the other hand will unleash investments that will do more than any single other action could do to jumpstart and sustain global economic recovery.


Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Washington, DC (USA) - 10 November 2009
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