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Climate change is an immense, long-term and global challenge that raises difficult questions about justice and human rights, both within and across generations. Humanity’s ability to address these questions is a test of our capacity to manage the consequences of our own actions. Dangerous climate change is a threat, not a pre-ordained fact of life. We can choose to confront and eliminate that threat, or we can choose to let it evolve into a fully fledged crisis for poverty reduction and for future generations.
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United Nations Development Programme. (2007). Avoiding dangerous climate change: Strategies for mitigation. In: Human Development Report 2007/2008. Human Development Report. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598508_4
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