Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Mostafa Kamal Tolba

Quote by Mostafa Kamal Tolba

“We used to think that energy and water would be the critical issues for the next century. Now we think water will be the critical issue.”

Quote by Mostafa Kamal Tolba

Create image

Author

Mostafa Kamal Tolba
Mostafa Kamal Tolba

Mostafa Kamal Tolba was an outstanding scientist born in Egypt in 1922. He made significant contributions to environmental science, particularly under the leadership of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Professor Tolba's work in environmental policy, sustainable development, and global environmental governance has made him an internationally renowned scholar and activist. more

You May Also Like

“I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn't have to come at the expense of our economy's bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn't have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.”

JobsWaterNaturalLinesWorkCompanyEconomyEnvironmentGrowingAirHealthDrinkSafeCreatingSafetyCleanBottomBreatheLandscapeExpensesEcologyBottom LineNew JobHealth And SafetySafe EnvironmentGrowing Economy
Author:William J. Clinton
Create image

“...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that provide them with the same opportunities for dignity and enrichment as the communities that our parents gave us, we've got to start by protecting that infrastructure; the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the landscapes that enrich us.”

IfsWantChildrenCultureOpportunityParentWaterCommunityAirDrinkCivilizationDignityOur ChildrenBreatheObligationLandscapeInfrastructureEnrichment
Author:Robert Kennedy
Create image

“All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . . The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.”

IndividualWaterCommunityAnimalLandMembersEthicsPlantBoundariesSoilPremisesInterdependencePlants And Animals
Book:A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There
Create image

“War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many years of erosion of confidence, of tension, of human rights abuses, really, of so many in areas whose traditional water supplies have been controlled and depleted by occupational authorities. That must stop if we're going to be able to develop a climate for peace.”

IfsYearsHumansHas BeensWarWould BeAbleWaterRightsSourceAuthorityAreasUltimateAbuseClimateEnvironmentalHuman RightsTraditionalTensionControlledSuppliesObscenityErosion
Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
Create image