"We have opened a new chapter of hope in the lives of 7 billion people on the planet. We have [the planet] on loan from future generations. We have today reassured these future generations that we will all together … give them a better earth."
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Prakash Javadekar, On the Paris Agreement, as quoted in "Factbox: World reacts to new climate accord", Reuters (12 December 2015)
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