Helmy Abouleish (L), Managing Director of Egyptian environtmental group Sekem, speaks as former US vice president Al Gore (C), Chairman of Generation Investment Management, and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (R) listen during the United Nations Climate Change Summit on September 22, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Helmy Abouleish (L), Managing Director of Egyptian environtmental group Sekem, speaks as former US vice president Al Gore (C), Chairman of Generation Investment Management, and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (R) listen during the United Nations Climate Change Summit on September 22, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.

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