If we don't succeed on the climate change agenda, we risk getting feedbacks that undermine everything else. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
Even the wealth of the U.S. cannot protect against the levels of environmental destruction that we are unleashing. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
Climate change poses tremendous threat to water resources, as there is inconsistency in the rains. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
Global warming is a scientific fact as much as the hole in the ozone layer or Earth's orbit around the sun. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
Just as we demand that our governments address risks associated with terrorism or epidemics, we should put concerted pressure on them to… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
Decarbonization has already begun, and the appeal of a fossil-fuel-free world is growing - not only because it would limit climate change,… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
To reduce the risk of a global environmental catastrophe, and to avoid reversing the course of human progress, the world must urgently… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
By decarbonizing the global economy and limiting climate change, world leaders can unleash a wave of innovation, support the emergence of new… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
Emissions of greenhouse gases warm the planet, altering the carbon and water cycles. A warmer ocean stores more heat, providing more fuel… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
World leaders need to realize that the cost of transforming the global energy system is far less than coping with the consequences… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
By decarbonizing the global economy and limiting climate change, world leaders can unleash a wave of innovation, support the emergence of new industries and… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
Just as we demand that our governments address risks associated with terrorism or epidemics, we should put concerted pressure on them to act now… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
Fundamentally, we need a mind-shift that reconnects our development to the biosphere to ensure good and safe lives for all in the future. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
Either we leave our descendants an endowment of zero poverty, zero fossil-fuel use, and zero biodiversity loss, or we leave them facing a tax… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
Under stable and incremental conditions, a free-market economy spurs entrepreneurship, ensures efficiency, and generates wealth. Those conditions no longer apply. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
Decarbonization has already begun, and the appeal of a fossil-fuel-free world is growing - not only because it would limit climate change, but also… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
Managing forests, rivers, grasslands, and coral reefs in sustainable ways makes them more resilient and increases their ability to absorb greenhouse gases, which is… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
The number of children in the world is not growing, and so we eventually have a chance to stabilize the population at around 10… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can 'afford to… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
We see evidence that lakes and forests and wetlands can have different equilibria - so you have a savanna system that may be stable… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
Global sustainability is now the only avenue to future inclusive progress that can deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
We've moved from a small world on a big planet to a big world on a small planet. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
If we don't succeed on the climate change agenda, we risk getting feedbacks that undermine everything else. — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
World leaders need to realize that the cost of transforming the global energy system is far less than coping with the consequences of burning… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share
