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The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jan Eliasson, has warned that when it comes to climate change and sustainable development,"there is no Planet B".
Mr. Eliasson has been on a visit to Germany, giving a lecture in Berlin and visiting the United Nations Organizations in Bonn, 10-12 November. In Berlin, the Deputy Secretary-General gave the 2014 Wily Brandt Lecture at the Humboldt University. In the lecture Mr. Eliasson talked about "A World in turmoil and transition" and the challenges for the UN and its member states.
"The year 2015 represents a once-in-a generation opportunity for the UN and its Member States. Our goal is to place people in the centre and to protect our one and only planet. We may have a Plan B sometimes – but there is simply no Planet B.”
Yesterday the Deputy Secretary-General travelled to Bonn where he met with UN Bonn staff in a town hall meeting as well as the Heads of all UN organizations based in Germany. The Deputy Secretary-General´s discussion with the Bonn based UN entities focused on next year´s challenges, when the UN expects to see three major new policy frameworks to be put in place. These are: a new framework for sustainable development succeeding the Millennium Development Goals, a new climate change agreement and a new framework for disaster risk reduction.
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