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Provided by: United Nations |Published on: May 12, 2025
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Synopsis
This article is a written record of remarks given by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres about preserving ecosystems, protecting the environment, and conserving biodiversity.
Guterres addresses the need to protect life on land and in the seas through environmentally friendly shifts in economics and production, listening to local and BIPOC community members, and creating action plans that protect nature.
Students will benefit from seeing the value placed on traditional ecological knowledge in this speech.
Prerequisites
Students should understand climate change, its causes, and the resulting impacts.
Students may need some of the terms defined before reading the article, such as biodiversity.
The speech also references the Sustainable Development Goals, so it may benefit students to understand what they are.
Differentiation & Implementation
The speech references a variety of topics that can be further explored in the classroom. Teachers can follow this article with lessons about circular economics, renewable energy, or sustainable agriculture.
This speech can spark a discussion about the importance of local and BIPOC voices in conversations about sustainability. Students can also reference historical times when marginalized people have been left out of movements.
Language arts students can identify and analyze components of this speech, such as the hook and the call to action.
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