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But in the years since, progress has been so slow that even some of the world's most well-known environmentalists are now calling for a rethink, the New York Times reports.
"It's time for the international community to wake up to the fact that climate change is real, it's happening, and it's not going to go away," said Evangeline Lilly, the Oscar-winning actress and executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
"It's not going to go away, and it's not going to go away for good," she said last week in Bangkok, Thailand, where she's taking part in the 10th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development.
The forum, organized by the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, aims to chart the region's path toward the goals, which include reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the effects of global warming, providing access to safe drinking water, and improving the lives of the planet's poorest people, among other things.
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"We believe that accessibility and inclusion are human rights.
By amplifying the lived experience of people with disabilities and creating programs that support innovation, we will eliminate...more
Co-founders William Mann and David Mravyan devised the Sensimat during a mandatory project for their MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada. Sensimat is a device that helps manage and assess pressure among wheelchair users.