Economic Quote by Patricia Espinosa

Climate action in cities is the key that unlocks a low emissions and resilient future.

— Patricia Espinosa

The specter of climate change threatens worsening natural disasters, rapid urbanization, forced migration, and economic hardship for the most vulnerable. Despite significant global advances,…

— Tedros Adhanom

Our research indicates that, for example, the physical risks of climate change - both the direct risks to facilities, but also the indirect risks…

— Brian Deese

The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict,…

— John F. Kerry

Climate change disasters will displace more and more. Those who are most exposed are the poorest.

— Jan Egeland

I think it is important for people to understand that there are real serious economic costs and real serious economic damages associated with inaction…

— Naomi Oreskes

The direct risks from climate change are obvious: as changing weather patterns cause extremes of flood and drought, hurricanes and typhoons. These damage the…

— Barry Gardiner

As populations continue to increase, and the climate continues to deteriorate, and as people flock in ever increasing numbers to large, underdeveloped cities, the…

— Antonio Guterres

First, climate change is the greatest long-term threat faced by humanity. It could cause more human and financial suffering than the two world wars…

— David Miliband

Cities are where the climate battle will be won or lost.

— Patricia Espinosa

The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of…

— David Suzuki

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by…

— Geoffrey West