'Eleven Years Is All We Have'
UN Assembly President: 'Eleven Years Is All We Have.' Year Eleven Is 2030.
Opening a 2019 high-level climate meeting, the General Assembly president said 11 years remained to change direction. The UN's press office headlined it: 'Only 11 Years Left'.
What was said
“Eleven years is all we have ahead of us to change our direction.”
— María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the UN General Assembly (as reported by UN Meetings Coverage) · said Mar 28, 2019 · due 2030 (11 years from March 2019)
Her count: 11 years from March 2019. Verdict due in 2030.
The fine print
From her opening remarks at the General Assembly's high-level meeting on climate and sustainable development, March 28, 2019. The UN press summary says she stressed 'that 11 years are all that remain to avert catastrophe' and also quotes her: 'We are the last generation that can prevent irreparable damage to our planet.' She was citing the 2018 IPCC report.
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