"There's an old African proverb that says "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." We have to go far β quickly. And that means we have to quickly find a way to change the world's consciousness about exactly what we're facing, and why we have to work to solve it."
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Press conference at an Alliance for Climate Protection meeting (12 October 2007), after winning the Nobel Peace Prize (Video at YouTube).
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