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UN warns "extremely fragile" earth must "reconcile with nature"

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Portuguese Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, says 2021 must be the year to "reconcile hmanity with nature" because the way humans have been treating planet earth is "as if we have a spare one (earth, Eds.). Guterres was speaking via video link at the One Planet Summit conference being held in France and hosted by president Emmanuel Macron. SOUNDBITE

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