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Hosted a Virtual Meeting on Climate Change with her counterparts from the g7 nations. We will also hear from the dalai dall. Jane goo rep. Pelosi it is my honor to welcome this distinguished group of leaders to the 19th annual g7 speakers meeting on addressing the Climate Crisis with Environmental Justice for all. We are pleased to be joined by the ambassadors of the g7 nation. It is a privilege to be here once again to confront the existential threat of our time, the Climate Crisis. As we have over the years. On parliaments committed for the ocean. Wenk you to the president , send our regards to you. Your participation in todays meeting with leaders from diverse communities, including from both the state and scientific communities. We are pleased to be joined by the dalai lama. His holiness became the first Nobel Laureate on the basis of his environmental advocacy. In his acceptance speech, he said, with the evergrowing impact of science on our lives, religion and spirituality have a
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Hello and welcome to westminster and revealed, look at the Parliament Role in the corona crisis. Boris johnson finally got the job he always wanted but the Job Description had changed. I must level with the British Public, more families and many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time. The Prime Minister was almost one of them as a Global Pandemic landed too close to home, and left him with questions to answer. 65000 people have lost their lives because of covid19, the Prime Minister challenged that could save lives, rather than complain about it. It was a crisis to over ten centuries of tradition to change the way westminster works with unexpected results. We are also embracing this, why apologize, why are you not doing on wednesday afternoon in late january the house minister was summoned to the house of lords to enter an urgent question on what was described as the wuhan coronavirus threat to citizens. It was the third reference of parliament to what was to beco