"Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change."

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Source : "Panel’s Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come". Rajendra K. Pachauri's speech at the news conference during the presentation of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Yokohama, Japan, www.nytimes.com. March 31, 2014.

Rajendra K. Pachauri

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