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  1. Secretary-General's remarks at the opening ceremony of the first High-level meeting of the Global Partnership for effective development cooperation - in English and Spanish

    ... of goals taking shape. There is growing awareness that climate change is not just a threat but also an opportunity to re-orient our economies ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks at lunch organized by the Permanent Mission of San Marino on "How the Financial Crisis is Afecting Small and Medium States" [as prepared for delivery]

    ... away from development commitments or from the fight against climate change. It is still too early to tell how severe the consequences ...

  3. Remarks at the High-Level Pledging Event for the Central Emergency Response Fund

    ... seen prolonged conflicts worsen and new ones break out. Climate change is pushing communities to the brink of survival. And the battle with ...

  4. Deputy Secretary-General's address to the TICAD [Tokyo International Conference on African Development] IV Summit

    ... productive, resilient and sustainable agricultural sectors. Climate change and its expected impact on agriculture in Africa makes this task all the ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks upon receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Loyola Marymount University [As prepared for delivery]

    ... build peaceful societies.  The new Paris Agreement on climate change is our potential peace pact with the planet. These agreements open ...

  6. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at UNA-UK Public Event on “Our Shared Humanity” Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Kofi Annan [as prepared for delivery]

    ...   And at this moment when we see the impacts of climate change growing more and more severe, let us remember that even during his term, ...

  7. Secretary-General's address to the General Assembly

    ... within societies, and the spread of infectious diseases, or climate change and environmental degradation. In truth, we do not have to choose. ...

  8. Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks to ECOSOC's Third High-Level Development Cooperation Forum

    ... to urbanization, infrastructure, agriculture, health and climate change.  We have a daunting task ahead of us. Let us be clear: the ...

  9. Secretary-General's Remarks to ECOSOC High-Level Segment and Global Launch of the 2015 MDG Report

    ... War, with staggering consequences for human development.  Climate change has become an existential peril, environmental degradation is ...

  10. Secretary-General's address to the East-West Institute entitled "The United Nations and security in a nuclear-weapon-free world"

    ... alternative at a time of intensifying efforts to combat climate change. The main worry is that this will lead to the production and use of ...