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I understand what it's like when problems with the environment force you from your home. My family left Belarus because of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.

Climate change impacts us all, everywhere. It is pushing millions of people around the world out of their homes because of droughts, floods, devastating natural disasters, losses in fertile lands and forests. But the poorest are most vulnerable and failure to act with deprive 2.6 billion people of hope and opportunity.

By cutting our carbon emissions and investing in a green economy now, we can give the world's poor a true opportunity to weather the coming storm and build a stronger future.

Let the Copenhagen Conference be the turning point to usher in a global green economy. Urge world leaders to seal this deal in December.

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Maria Sharapova
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador