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Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late

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Christine Lagarde
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 1
Banker
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Christine Madeleine Odette Lallouette
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde
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