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NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA

Amid the catastrophic ruin left by the pandemic, I believe there are reasons to be positive. I have hope that the post-COVID world could yet be fairer and more equitable.

The pandemic has brought into clearer focus the need to do things differently. Our decade will be pivotal for determining whether we can keep the impact of climate change to a manageable level. This can be achieved only if businesses, governments and civil society pull together to make the investments that will determine the shape of our future. COVAX, the international effort to develop and equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines across the globe, is a sterling example of this kind of collaboration.

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