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Angel Gurria on environmental sustainability and financial crisis
alertnet | angel gurria | climate | environment | financial crisis | millennium development goals summit | united nations
Fallout from the financial crisis is hampering efforts to prevent climate change, Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, told AlertNet in New York on Monday.
While some people are struggling financially, “the crisis is being used as an excuse by people who probably were never too convinced — or never really wanted to allocate resources to fighting climate change and to promote biodiversity,” he said.
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