The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We need economic growth, yes, but growth can be jobless, so a sustainable development framework for employment must include a job creation… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
The sustainability revolution will, hopefully, be the third major social and economic turning point in human history, following the Neolithic Revolution -… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
We know that when women have access to voluntary family planning services, supplies and information, society sees enormous gains in each of… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
We have embarked globally on a path of unsustainable development. Our lifestyles, the way we produce goods and services, are all part… — Rajendra K. Pachauri Copy Share Image
We were able to conclude a Paris climate agreement, which will lead the way for the rest of the world, which is… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Positive deviance means doing the right thing for sustainability, despite being surrounded by the wrong institutional structures, the wrong processes and stubbornly… — Sara Parkin Copy Share Image
People need open space. People need to bring their children into an area where they can play without restriction." And I was… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When my parents were growing up the world's population was under three billion. During my children's lifetime, it is likely to exceed… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable.… — Don Johnston Copy Share Image
We must encourage energy conservation and sustainable development. Young people are the ones who are most environmentally conscious in Ireland, so that… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Fifteen per cent of the population believe the moon landing was actually staged in a movie lot in Arizona and somewhat fewer… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
his planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don’t poison the water,… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
As to the Amazon itself, the transition from conservation to sustainable development was a huge awakening since conservation was a western concept… — Yossi Ghinsberg Copy Share Image
Anything else you're interested in is not going to happen if you can't breathe the air and drink the water. Don't sit… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
As the international community comes together to create rules for developing and deploying technology, America and its allies and partners aim to… — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
Including women in climate policy and solutions can enhance the results, leading to more economic growth and sustainable outcomes. However, we cannot… — Patricia Espinosa Copy Share Image
There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
As Americans, we have shown ourselves to have the greatest military on the face of the planet, but we are not so… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Recognizing that sustainable development, democracy and peace are indivisible is an idea whose time has come... Today we are faced with a… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For those who believe that ecological disaster will somehow be averted, it must also be clear that, over the next decade or… — Stuart L. Hart Copy Share Image
Do we have to wait until a disaster overwhelms us before we make the radical changes necessary to protect our world for… — John Gummer Copy Share Image
Many ideas have struggled over the centuries to dominate the planet. Fascism. Communism. Democracy. Religion. But only one has achieved total supremacy.… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Sustainable development is a proven catalyst for Xerox innovation. — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Sustainable development: Holding our world in trust for our children — Michael Meacher Copy Share Image
...the science is getting worse faster than the politics is getting better — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Population needs to be stabilised for sustainable development. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
Our society lacks a feedback loop for controlling technology: a way to gauge intended effects from actual effects later on — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
Keeping people on side is a precondition of making any progress on sustainability issues — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Brazil's commitment to sustainable development is a deep-rooted one. It permeates our public policies and our actions abroad. — Michel Temer Copy Share Image
Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
