Defeat Quote by Kofi Annan

The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the…

— Wangari Maathai

Until every individual feels personally responsible for the careful planning and the preservation of natural resources, the inexorable destruction will go on.

— Eda LeShan

“No successes we might have are guaranteed to last as long as industrial civilization stands. Conversely, most of our losses are effectively permanent. Extinct…

— Aric McBay

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we…

— Meg Whitman

The struggle to save every possible species and ecosystem from the current wave of destruction is worthwhile. One day, perhaps within our lifetimes, they…

— George Monbiot

We have a basic notion that unless we find a solution for environmental problems, we will not achieve sustainable growth in the coming years

— Hiroyuki Watanabe

Today, our air, food, water-all are polluted. If we do not stop exploiting nature for our temporary selfish gains, we will destroy the world.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers…

— Indira Gandhi

If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed.

— Paul Polman

Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and…

— Gifford Pinchot

Environmental degradation is one of the biggest challenges we have. I think a question that we're not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide…

— Pope Francis

We cannot eliminate poverty without enabling developing countries to engage more people in economic activity that use natural resources, and we cannot resolve runaway…

— Paul Polman