Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that addressing global economic inequality is key to fighting climate change.
Obama was a keynote speaker at the sustainable building conference Greenbuild in downtown Atlanta, where he participated in a question and answer session with Mahesh Ramanujam, the president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Ramanujam asked Obama what he believes to be the “most compelling issue in the world today” and what should be done to get people to rally around it.
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