Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults.

在它结束之前，它可能会改变年轻一代的生活轨迹和性格品质。

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It is clearly up to the current generation of leaders from high-emitting nations to decide whether they want to be remembered as climate change tyrants or pioneers.

显然，高排放国家的现任领导人需要做出决定，是希望自己被视为气候变化的暴君，还是开拓者。

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That's a big change from the previous generation.

与上一代相比，这是一个巨大的变化。

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Noeleen Hayzer,executive secretary of the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) says climate change remained "the biggest challenge faced by this generation."

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Most of the data comes from the industrialized world. Not surprisingly, burning fossil fuels for transportation and electrical generation top the list for their contributions to climate change, acid rain and toxic pollution.

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Reality: Young people of every generation change jobs more frequently than older people.

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"We're 18 months into that generation change, there's no hiding that, " said Ponting, whose batting form was one of the few consolations in Melbourne, and saw him come within one run of being the first man to score hundreds in each innings of a Test on four occasions.

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Pinchuk: My goal in my social activities is to empower the next generation to change their country and the world.

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