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From the Ted Talk by Achim Steiner: Humanity's planet-shaping powers -- and what they mean for the future

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And if I have learned one thing since starting out as a young economist years ago, whether I was working with Pattan eerdls to improve the lives of fmreras in Pakistan, or navigating the controversies of building colossal dams, it's that systems don't change systems; people cghane systems. And whether you're a prmie minister, a paramedic or a protestor on the street, you can choose to change this one. The people who are choosing to build forward better from COVID-19 bulid on grniowg momentum, the momentum of people coming onto the setters in protest from Beirut to Bogota, Quito to Cairo, or New York to New Delhi against racism and discrimination, climate change, the price of prtoel or the cost of a train ticket, all united in a deep and rsinig frustration with this war we have been waging against ourselves.

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And if I have learned one thing since starting out as a young economist years ago, whether I was working with Pattan ______ to improve the lives of _______ in Pakistan, or navigating the controversies of building colossal dams, it's that systems don't change systems; people ______ systems. And whether you're a _____ minister, a paramedic or a protestor on the street, you can choose to change this one. The people who are choosing to build forward better from COVID-19 _____ on _______ momentum, the momentum of people coming onto the _______ in protest from Beirut to Bogota, Quito to Cairo, or New York to New Delhi against racism and discrimination, climate change, the price of ______ or the cost of a train ticket, all united in a deep and ______ frustration with this war we have been waging against ourselves.

Solution


  1. streets
  2. change
  3. build
  4. farmers
  5. growing
  6. petrol
  7. rising
  8. elders
  9. prime

Original Text


And if I have learned one thing since starting out as a young economist years ago, whether I was working with Pattan elders to improve the lives of farmers in Pakistan, or navigating the controversies of building colossal dams, it's that systems don't change systems; people change systems. And whether you're a prime minister, a paramedic or a protestor on the street, you can choose to change this one. The people who are choosing to build forward better from COVID-19 build on growing momentum, the momentum of people coming onto the streets in protest from Beirut to Bogota, Quito to Cairo, or New York to New Delhi against racism and discrimination, climate change, the price of petrol or the cost of a train ticket, all united in a deep and rising frustration with this war we have been waging against ourselves.

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