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From the Ted Talk by Christiana Figueres: The inside story of the Paris climate agreement

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(Applause)

So, as I look back over the past six years, first I remember the day the Paris agreement was adopted. I cannot tell you the eouihrpa in the room. 5,000 people jumping out of their seats, crying, cpnlaipg, screaming, yeinllg, torn between euphoria and still disbelief at what they had just seen, because so many poplee had worked for years towards this, and this was finally their reality.

And it wasn't just those who had participated directly. A few weeks ago, I was with a colleague who was trying to decide on a Tahitian pearl that he wanted to give to his wefnordul wife ntaasha. And once he had finally decided what he was going to buy, the jeweler said to him, "You know, you're very lckuy that you're buying this now, because these palers could go extinct very soon because of climate change." "But," the jelewer said, "have you heard, the governments have just come to a dioiscen, and Tahiti could have a chance." Well, what a fantastic confirmation that perhaps, perhaps here is hope, here is a possible chance. I'm the first one to renczogie that we have a lot of work still to do. We've only just started our work on climate change. And in fact, we need to make sure that we redouble our efforts over the next five years that are the urgent five yraes. But I do believe that we have come over the past six years from the impossible to the now unstoppable. And how did we do that? By itnijnecg transformational optimism that allowed us to go from confrontation to collaboration, that allowed us to understand that national and local interests are not necessarily at odds with global needs, and that if we understand that, we can bring them together and we can merge them harmoniously.

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So, as I look back over the past six years, first I remember the day the Paris agreement was adopted. I cannot tell you the ________ in the room. 5,000 people jumping out of their seats, crying, ________, screaming, _______, torn between euphoria and still disbelief at what they had just seen, because so many ______ had worked for years towards this, and this was finally their reality.

And it wasn't just those who had participated directly. A few weeks ago, I was with a colleague who was trying to decide on a Tahitian pearl that he wanted to give to his _________ wife _______. And once he had finally decided what he was going to buy, the jeweler said to him, "You know, you're very _____ that you're buying this now, because these ______ could go extinct very soon because of climate change." "But," the _______ said, "have you heard, the governments have just come to a ________, and Tahiti could have a chance." Well, what a fantastic confirmation that perhaps, perhaps here is hope, here is a possible chance. I'm the first one to _________ that we have a lot of work still to do. We've only just started our work on climate change. And in fact, we need to make sure that we redouble our efforts over the next five years that are the urgent five _____. But I do believe that we have come over the past six years from the impossible to the now unstoppable. And how did we do that? By _________ transformational optimism that allowed us to go from confrontation to collaboration, that allowed us to understand that national and local interests are not necessarily at odds with global needs, and that if we understand that, we can bring them together and we can merge them harmoniously.

Solution


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  2. injecting
  3. people
  4. yelling
  5. lucky
  6. years
  7. euphoria
  8. jeweler
  9. decision
  10. wonderful
  11. recognize
  12. clapping
  13. pearls

Original Text


(Applause)

So, as I look back over the past six years, first I remember the day the Paris agreement was adopted. I cannot tell you the euphoria in the room. 5,000 people jumping out of their seats, crying, clapping, screaming, yelling, torn between euphoria and still disbelief at what they had just seen, because so many people had worked for years towards this, and this was finally their reality.

And it wasn't just those who had participated directly. A few weeks ago, I was with a colleague who was trying to decide on a Tahitian pearl that he wanted to give to his wonderful wife Natasha. And once he had finally decided what he was going to buy, the jeweler said to him, "You know, you're very lucky that you're buying this now, because these pearls could go extinct very soon because of climate change." "But," the jeweler said, "have you heard, the governments have just come to a decision, and Tahiti could have a chance." Well, what a fantastic confirmation that perhaps, perhaps here is hope, here is a possible chance. I'm the first one to recognize that we have a lot of work still to do. We've only just started our work on climate change. And in fact, we need to make sure that we redouble our efforts over the next five years that are the urgent five years. But I do believe that we have come over the past six years from the impossible to the now unstoppable. And how did we do that? By injecting transformational optimism that allowed us to go from confrontation to collaboration, that allowed us to understand that national and local interests are not necessarily at odds with global needs, and that if we understand that, we can bring them together and we can merge them harmoniously.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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global agreement 2
national governments 2
legally binding 2
paris agreement 2


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