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Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.

Ban Ki-moon

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Ban Ki-moon
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 13
Diplomat
Politician
Ban Kimoon
Ban Ki Moon
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Destroying
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Limited
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Climate
Change
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Looming
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World
Development
Sustainability
Challenges
Sustainable
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Increasingly

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