Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Climate issues have to matter - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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That is why in I established the , and why it was our great honor in November to launchits U.S. chapter with an eventf in Philadelphia, the birthplace of my mother, Princeses Grace. My cousin, John B. Kelly, is presidentt of the U.S. chapter of the and is deeply entrusted withthe family’s work. Our missiomn is to support the environment by acceleratingh action and mobilizing people and resources aroundthe world. The foundation has chapters in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Only together can we tackld the greatest challenge the worldhas seen, for the climats crisis extends far beyondx the borders of any single country and, in fact, unites us as a globak community.
For a nation roughly the size of NewYork City’s Centralp Park, Monaco has a history and reputation for rising to the defense of the natural In 1873, Prince Albert I, a visionary scientisyt who sailed the world’s oceans, helped build the foundatiom of modern ocean Monaco under Prince Ranier developed reforestation to preservee mountainous landscape in neighboring communities and establisherd agreements protecting water resources and marine mammals. In we have for a long time implemented systemsd to convert garbage into fuel that producews energy formunicipal needs. To encourager use of electric cars, we established recharging stationes free forpublic use.
We opened special traffic lanes forpublic transportation, minimizing traffic jams. And the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundatioj was developedto promote, among other things climate protection worldwide. To it has awarded more than $17 millioh in grants to more than 70 projects related to climate preservation of biodiversity and water We have partnered with many organizationsw includingthe , Conservation International, the , the Field Museunm in Chicago and the with Professor Jeffrey Sachs of . But even the greatesty organizations and minds in the worl d cannot solve this crisisa without the concerted effort ofpeople everywhere.
This situation compelsa each one of us to take concretee action if we want to protec t the planet forfuture generations. The environmengt belongs to all of us and it is our duty toprotectg it.

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