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Dark times, bright ambitions: Sustainability leaders on finding the energy to keep going

Climate change efforts and social protections are at stake following the outcome of the US election. We asked prominent voices for change how they will keep doing the work.
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The world watched as US voters went to the polls on Tuesday, and the outcome is not what most people in the sustainability sphere was hoping for.

A second Trump administration is likely going to mean dark times for many around the world, for climate change and for global diplomacy writ large. In the face of what’s at stake, individual efforts can seem futile. But when it comes to protection of the planet and the most vulnerable on it, the higher the stakes, the more necessary the work.