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In his keynote address, [116] US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel illustrated the rapid shift of the polar landscape and its consequences for international security. [117] Hagel then announced the Pentagon's new Arctic strategy, which for the first time outlined how the US responds to the repercussions of climate change for the Arctic. [118]
Then Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney gave the opening address and Tom McMillan, then Minister of the Environment, gave the closing address. Gro Harlem Brundtland, who had served from 1983 to 1987 as chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development, established by the United Nations, presented the key note address on Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report ...
Greta Thunberg has presented the speeches in front of the United Nations, the European Union, the World Economic Forum and during demonstrations and protests. [1] [4] [5] One of her most famous speeches which appears in the book is "Our House Is on Fire". [6] [7] [8] The first edition was published on 30 May 2019.
Ms Thunberg opened her speech with a stark warning of the current climate situation, saying: “We are in the beginning of a climate and ecological emergency. But the biosphere is not just ...
A second U.S. withdrawal from the world's primary climate pact will have a bigger impact - in the U.S. and globally - than the country's first retreat in 2017, analysts and diplomats told Reuters.
Gen Z congressman Maxwell Frost spoke to the DNC crowd about the effects of climate change, urging voters that the Harris-Walz ticket will address it. 'Fighting the climate crisis is patriotic ...
Greta Thunberg giving a speech in Berlin (July 2019) Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been noted for her skills as an orator. Her speech at the 2019 United Nations climate summit made her a household name. Prior to her speaking engagements, Thunberg had demonstrated outside the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, using the signage Skolstrejk för klimatet (School strike for climate ...
He stresses the importance of maintaining a healthy Global Environment, as changes in the global environment are a common threat to all of humanity. The change in the Global Environment he focuses on is climate change. He also elaborates on the great power that modern technology allows each to nation to possess.