To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.
BAN KI-MOONSustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.
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The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.
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I call for the need of world leaders to address climate change and reduce the increasing risk of disasters- and world leaders must include mayors, townships and community leaders.
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I am not a national leader. If I am a national leader I can speak out all that I want.
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National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.
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We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today – climate change – into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future.
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Climate change…is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.
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I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us – men and boys – refuse to tolerate it.
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Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.
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The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.
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Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all.
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We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.
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Society’s dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.
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Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies, programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their futures and ours.
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To achieve a Green Revolution, African farmers, must have access to land and security of tenure. They also need access to markets, technology and improved infrastructure.
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