UN General Assembly
2014

in internal policies in Andorra. We have suffered the effects of the international economic crisis for years. We have had austerity in our public spending, but that has not undermined our educational system. It will never affect our educational system, or undermine it, because education is the best passport to the opportunity for a future that is better for all. The need for multilateral action is clear not only in the matter of education but also, and perhaps even more intensely, in the fight against global warming. What we each can do unilaterally will not accomplish much if there is no global commitment. It is in the fight against climate change that we can see most clearly that unilateral actions have a limited reach. Andorrans are very aware of that, given that our primary economic sector is winter and mountain tourism — a tourism threatened by global warming. The Pyrenees are heating up at 0.2°C each decade, and precipitation has dropped by 2 litres per square metre each year. It is clear that a programme of local action is