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Former US President Barack Obama spoke at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow on Monday, highlighting the importance of youth in the battle against climate change.
During his speech, Obama reaffirmed that climate change is a collective responsibility for all involved.
"We don't just need the democrats or the green party, or progressives to be working on together on this existential problem. We need everybody. Even we are disagreeing on other things," stated Obama.
"And what is also true, around the world, true in the US, true in all the countries represented here, is that the most important energy in this movement is coming from young people," he went on to say.
The UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, has been in progress since 31 October.
Following an invitation by the United Nations, government representatives and experts from around 200 countries discussed for a fortnight how humanity can still contain the accelerating global warming to a tolerable level.
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SOT, Barack Obama, Former US President: "We don't just need the democrats or the green party, or progressives to be working on together on this existential problem. We need everybody. Even we are disagreeing on other things."
SOT, Barack Obama, Former US President: "And what is also true, around the world, true in the US, true in all the countries represented here, is that the most important energy in this movement is coming from young people."
SOT, Barack Obama, Former US President: "For us the destruction of the planet is personal, and that is why my message to young people begins with acknowledging, you are right to be frustrated. Folks in my generation have not done enough to deal with a potentially cataclysmic problem that you now stand in here."
SOT, Barack Obama, Former US President: "It is also why we need to make sure, the people most affected by the transition to clean energy aren't the ones bearing most of the costs. They do not have any margin for error. I can afford to give up a lot of my current lifestyle to benefit the planet, because I'll still have a lot of leftover. A lot of folks do not have that cushion. So, that means that any climate plan worth itself has to these inequalities into account."
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