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Patricia Espinosa

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 21, 1958

We need to really get very serious about a transition toward new and renewable sources of energy.

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Cities are where the climate battle will be won or lost.

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The impacts of climate change are not going to get better; they are going to get worse.

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The Paris Agreement is, in fact, a historic one because it marks the culmination of a phase of very long, drawn-out negotiations involving more than 190 countries. Why is it historic? Because it shows the way for our societies to change from the ground up, to create an economy that only depends on fossil fuels to a very slight degree.

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The Paris Agreement is an agreement that has really such a huge, huge level of credibility and strength. Not only was it signed by more than 190 countries in record time, it has also been ratified in record time, and it has also, really, also a lot of support form the people, the public in general.

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The impacts of extreme weather are already creating chaos.

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Climate action in cities is the key that unlocks a low emissions and resilient future.

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The risk to cities from climate impacts carries great social and economic cost and, of course, the loss of human lives.

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The ability of communities to meet their most basic needs - food, water, energy, sanitation - is threatened by climate change.

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The world is becoming smaller every day.

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