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economic sustainability, success and potential on which governments and business will base decisions to engage and invest with other countries and partners.ACTION THROUGHOUT THE YEARA new strength of the post-Paris Agreement is that the UN Climate Change Conference is not an isolated event but is acting as a catalyst itself to build further momentum and evolve that coordinated approach across multiple areas and sectors.After Bonn, the French President Emmanuel Macron will host a December summit, followed by another opportunity to fast track action at the California Governor Jerry Brown’s summit in September 2018. Then comes COP24 Katowice, Poland, and in 2019 the UN Secretary-General will be hosting yet another moment to catalyze more progress, more implementation.The Paris Agreement is clear: emissions need to peak fast and be dramatically cut thereafter until, as soon after 2050 as possible, they are so low they can be safely absorbed by natural systems like forests and soils or removed by available technology.It is nothing short of restoring the balance that once prevailed prior to the industrial revolution, in a 21st- century context of ever cleaner, greener energy and clean-tech, high-tech economies.Many hearts, minds and hands are working across many areas to make sure that the future will say that it was us who saw the answer and put our best foot forward.Further, faster, together in Bonn. ■ABOUT THE AUTHOROn 18 May 2016, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Patricia Espinosa of Mexico as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Ms Espinosa took office on 18 July 2016.Ambassador of Mexico to Germany since 2012 and from 2001 to 2002, Ms Espinosa was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, bringing more than 30 years of experience at highest levels in international relations, specialized in climate change, global governance, sustainable development, gender equality and protection of human rights.As Mexico’s representative on multilateral bodies and international organizations in Vienna, Geneva and New York, Ms Espinosa has been engaged as leader in the global challenge to address climate change and its consequences, notably as Chair of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC leading to the adoption of the Cancun Agreements. She is a tireless supporter of multilateralism to improve conditions for development in all regions of the world, understanding the inextricable link between the aims of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Pictured: Kennedy Bridge in Bonn – the host city of COP23. Solar cells have been placed on the walls of the bridge to generate renewable energyFOREWORD 017