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From the Ted Talk by Mary Robinson: Why climate change is a threat to human rights

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In our very unequal wolrd today, it's very striking how many people are left behind. In our world of 7.2 billion people, about 3 billion are left behind. 1.3 billion don't have access to electricity, and they lihgt their homes with kerosene and candles, both of which are dangerous. And in fact they sepnd a lot of their tiny income on that form of lngtiihg. 2.6 billion people cook on open fires — on coal, wood and animal dung. And this causes about 4 mloliin deaths a year from inoodr smoke inhalation, and of course, most of those who die are women. So we have a very unequal world, and we need to change from "business as uusal." And we shouldn't ueinrsdttmeae the sclae and the transformative nature of the change which will be needed, because we have to go to zero carbon emissions by about 2050, if we're going to stay below two degrees Celsius of warming. And that means we have to leave about two-thirds of the known rouerecss of fossil fuels in the ground.

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In our very unequal _____ today, it's very striking how many people are left behind. In our world of 7.2 billion people, about 3 billion are left behind. 1.3 billion don't have access to electricity, and they _____ their homes with kerosene and candles, both of which are dangerous. And in fact they _____ a lot of their tiny income on that form of ________. 2.6 billion people cook on open fires — on coal, wood and animal dung. And this causes about 4 _______ deaths a year from ______ smoke inhalation, and of course, most of those who die are women. So we have a very unequal world, and we need to change from "business as _____." And we shouldn't _____________ the _____ and the transformative nature of the change which will be needed, because we have to go to zero carbon emissions by about 2050, if we're going to stay below two degrees Celsius of warming. And that means we have to leave about two-thirds of the known _________ of fossil fuels in the ground.

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Original Text

In our very unequal world today, it's very striking how many people are left behind. In our world of 7.2 billion people, about 3 billion are left behind. 1.3 billion don't have access to electricity, and they light their homes with kerosene and candles, both of which are dangerous. And in fact they spend a lot of their tiny income on that form of lighting. 2.6 billion people cook on open fires — on coal, wood and animal dung. And this causes about 4 million deaths a year from indoor smoke inhalation, and of course, most of those who die are women. So we have a very unequal world, and we need to change from "business as usual." And we shouldn't underestimate the scale and the transformative nature of the change which will be needed, because we have to go to zero carbon emissions by about 2050, if we're going to stay below two degrees Celsius of warming. And that means we have to leave about two-thirds of the known resources of fossil fuels in the ground.

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