On the recordOctober 18, 2015
There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent…”
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