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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Addressing Around Benefits Change Climate Climate Change Economic Enormous Existential Harness Inherent Opportunities Reap Threat World

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Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Build Capacity Carbon Cities Concerned Economic Engine Environment Equity Footprint Global Help Important Mayors Opportunity Our Planning Protect Reduce Running Social Sustainable Those Together Us Why Work Work Together

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Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and other developments no state can control alone. Arms can't address such concerns.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Address Alone Arise Arms Chronic Concerns Control Crime Degradation Demographic Developments Diseases Economic Environmental Governance Grave Inequality Organized Other Pandemic Poverty Repressive Result Security State Trends

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Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Advance Benefits Bring Complain Development Disarmament Dream Economic Economic Development Free Humankind Ignores International Law Little Might More Nuclear Peace Resources Rule Rule Of Law Security Social Some Strengthen Success Tangible Than Up Vast Very Would

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The human family is at a critical juncture. The world is moving through a great transition. This transition is economic, as the digital revolution advances and as new powers and groups emerge.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Advances Critical Digital Economic Emerge Family Great Groups Human Moving New Powers Revolution Through Transition World

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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Billion Create Demands Economic Future Grow Human Imperative Lands Meet Moral Oceans Our People Planet Population Search Solutions Stretched Sustainable Want

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In 2009, at the height of the global economic crisis, it was clear that we were seeing something new: the impacts of the crisis were flowing across borders at unprecedented velocity.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Across Borders Clear Crisis Economic Economic Crisis Flowing Global Height Impacts New Seeing Something Something New Unprecedented Velocity Were

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We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Any Created Crisis Dig Economic Economic Crisis Hole Knew More Ourselves Out Take Than Time Us Want Would

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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

~Barbara Boxer

Topics: Arabia Basic Denial Development Economic Economic Development Government Hurts Modernization Only Prosperity Rights Saudi Women Wrong

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We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.

~Barbara Boxer

Topics: Add Criminal Criminal Justice Economic Electoral Environmental Fight Fought Justice Must New Now Social Social Justice

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