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“Everybody needs to understand that policies are going to change to make it unprofitable if you wreck the planet, those companies that continue exploring and developing fossil fuel resources for which there is no safe use are going to pay a very heavy cost for that.”

Quote by Jeffrey Sachs

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Jeffrey Sachs is a renowned economist born on November 5, 1954. He has extensive research and contributions in the fields of global development, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Sachs has served as a special advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, guiding the formulation and implementation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). more

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