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I don't join or leave things lightly.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
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Lightly
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You have to make your choice and live with your choice.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
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Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Achieve
Climate
Pace
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One of the reasons I came into politics was because I thought I lacked the skills to be a social worker.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Reason
Skills
Social Worker
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My own passion for caravan holidays has been occasionally commented on by the media. It is certainly something that I am proud of.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Holiday
Media
Passion
Caravan
Commented
Holidays
Occasionally
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Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperation in tackling the reality of climate change.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Climate
Needs
Reality
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Many unsustainable behaviours are locked-in and made 'normal', not just by the way that we produce and consume, but by the absence of easy alternatives
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Future
Vision
Way
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It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Century
Facts
Natural
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The rewards that will flow from a successful shift to a low carbon economy are high. Neither governments nor business can afford to let these opportunities pass them by
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Opportunity
Business
Successful
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My husband and I have enjoyed many summer holidays on the Continent, and many people say that their most memorable trips have been the journeys made on the spur of the moment.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Enjoyed
Memorable
Summer
Continent
Holidays
Journeys
People Say
Spur
Trips
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Caravanning can be as simple or as luxurious as you choose. My own experience is probably not dissimilar to that of many families across the country who also share this hobby.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Luxurious
Dissimilar
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We've known for some time that we have to worry about the impacts of climate change on our children's and grandchildren's generations. But we now have to worry about ourselves as well.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Children
Impact
Worry
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Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Environmental
Cities
Community
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Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
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Future
Technology
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Some people think that going on a caravan holiday is a slightly more upscale version of camping. Let me assure you, it is much better than that. You know that you will have your creature comforts wherever you are. I never have to pack light, and I can put the kettle on in any location.
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Camping
Holiday
Location
Assure
Version
Caravan
Creature
Comforts
Pack
Slightly
Wherever
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Everyone must be clear that business as usual is not an option. Most of us live in buildings erected long before we were born and our successors will have to live with the environmental consequences of the buildings we construct today. It is vital that we minimise harmful impacts for those who come after us
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Business
Impact
Long
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In the UK what we've found is that even businesses which prided themselves already on their efficient management find that a really beady-eyed scrutiny of their resource management, with an eye to environmental best-practice and long term sustainability, produce fresh efficiency and fresh savings that actually shock those in the company
Margaret Beckett / British Politician
Business
Best Practices
Eye
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