{"id":27006,"date":"2011-12-08T11:27:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=27006"},"modified":"2011-12-08T11:27:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:27:46","slug":"former-costa-rican-president-there-is-no-planet-b-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/former-costa-rican-president-there-is-no-planet-b-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Costa Rican President: There Is No Planet B (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Costa Rica President Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Figueres was a speaker at the Thunderbird Global Business Dialogue<\/a> in November and gave a strong speech on the low carbon economy — clip of that below. And some text, if you prefer text:<\/p>\n

Figueres noted that we shouldmake a “concerted effort” to fight and win two “wars” we have a responsibility to fight. \u201cOne is a war against poverty and inequality…. And the other war is the war on climate change,” Figueres said. “I would respectfully propose, amigos and amigas, that we can fight and win both wars with the same instruments. \u2026 What we must take back is that there is no Planet B<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n