"If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.“


-Valerie Jarrett

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If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

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