It is founded on the principal axes of action: climate change, biodiversity and water.

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In reality, a little worrying can lead to action, which is the principal way optimism bears fruit.

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But the balance of the argument was finer than the Fund and its principal sponsor appear to think and chances to strengthen the case for action have been missed.

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While the Soviet Union may have receded for the moment from these demands by settling for a more ambiguous formulation of the resolution and an affirmation that political and diplomatic measures would receive maximum use, the principal Soviet objective seems to have been served: to delay U.S. action and to increase the pressure against unilateral American military steps.

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