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Mike Hudema Climate Campaigner @MikeHudema

The impacts of climate change are often felt through water – more intense and frequent droughts, more extreme flooding, more erratic seasonal rainfall and accelerated melting of glaciers – with cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and all aspects of our daily lives

Petteri Taalas Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

If the bees disappear off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man

Mariana Mazzucato UCL Professor @MazzucatoM

Indian cities are committed to climate change stabilization, bringing inclusive economic affluence in urban areas and improvement in the living standards of their citizens. Urban20 series of events will help cities and towns accelerate their actions with collective efforts and greater collaboration at the global level

Hitesh Vaidya Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

We share the risks of rising temperatures alongside all countries, and we hear the ambition to make transformational game-changing progress to get ahead of the future

Dr Sultan Al Jaber President-Designate COP28