Quotes about "Environmental & Nature"

Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life. ”

Left unchecked, climate change risks not only making the poorest poorer, but pulling the emerging middle classes back into poverty, too. ”

We cannot eliminate poverty without enabling developing countries to engage more people in economic activity that use natural resources, and we cannot resolve runaway climate change without creating wealth in a more equitable and less carbon intensive way. ”

The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change. ”

Businesses and governments need to work together and make a joint commitment if we want to address climate change effectively and quickly. ”

Runaway climate change would condemn millions to a life of poverty and cause us to fail to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. This is not an acceptable outcome. ”

Companies are the first to see the costs of climate change. ”

We all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our streets. ”

If we tackle deforestation in the right way, the benefits will be far-reaching - greater food security, improved livelihoods for millions of small farmers and indigenous people, more prosperous rural economies, and above all, a more stable climate. ”

Forest nations willing to do more than their fair share to solve the climate crisis should be rewarded through results-based payments. ”