“If we don't embrace a low carbon economy this decade, it won't just harm the planet, but also the U.S. economy.” IfsBusinessEconomyPlanetsLowsEmbraceClimateHarmDecadesCarbon Author:John Doerr
“The current model is global suicide. We need a revolution. Revolutionary thinking. Revolutionary action. Natural resources are becoming more and more scarce.” ThinkingNeedsActionNaturalBusinessRevolutionBecomingModelsResourcesSuicideClimateCurrentsRevolutionaryScarceBecoming MoreNatural Resources Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel - these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible and above all let finance be primarily national.” ShouldArtIdeasBusinessLetting GoClimateInternationalFinanceGoodsHospitality Book:Activities 1931-1939: world crises and policies in Britain and America Source: Activities 1931-1939: world crises and policies in Britain and America
“Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy.” NeedsSufferingEnergyBusinessEconomyHealthyClimateDuesFuelFossilsFossil FuelSubsidies Author:Fatih Birol
“Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It's also undermining the competitiveness of renewables.” WorldEnergyBusinessClimateFuelConsumptionCompetitivenessUnderminingVolatilitySmuggling Author:Fatih Birol
“We know that pumping oil out of the ground does not create many jobs. It does not foster an entrepreneurial spirit, nor does it sharpen critical faculties.” KnowsDoeJobsSpiritBusinessClimateCriticalOilFacultyEntrepreneurialEntrepreneurial Spirit Author:Ali al-Naimi
“Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role.” RealHumanityBusinessRolesIndustryExpectationsConcernClimateClimate ChangeExpectedGlobal WarmingGasEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesLeadership RolesSocietal Expectations Author:Ali al-Naimi
“The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically.” CountryUseEnergyNaturalBusinessIssuesHugeResourcesClimateMake SenseEfficientEfficiencyNatural ResourcesArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Ali al-Naimi
“We seem to forget that everything that is good for the environment is a job. Solar panels don't put themselves up. Wind turbines don't manufacture themselves. Houses don't retrofit themselves and put in their own new boilers and furnaces and better-fitting windows and doors. Advanced biofuel crops don't plant themselves. Community gardens don't tend themselves. Farmers' markets don't run themselves. Every single thing that is good for the environment is actually a job, a contract, or an entrepreneurial opportunity.” SeemsRunningJobsOpportunityHouseCommunityForgetBusinessEnvironmentDoorsWindGardenWindowPlantClimateContractsFarmersCropsFittingEntrepreneurialFurnacesSolar PanelsBiofuelsBoilerTurbinesFarmers MarketsWind TurbinesWindows And DoorsCommunity Garden Book:Rebuild the Dream Source: Rebuild the Dream
“People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.” PeopleNeedsBusinessBreakConscienceClimateClimate ChangeInjusticeCorporationsTiesFinancing Author:Desmond Tutu
“The record-breaking extreme weather events causing chaos across the globe should be a wake-up call. The transition to a low-carbon economy will be much more painful if we wait until there is a climate crisis before recognising that more than half of the world's fossil fuel reserves will have to remain in the ground.” IfsWorldShouldWaitingBusinessHalfEconomyRecordsEventsLowsWake UpCrisisClimateChaosPainfulExtremesWeatherFuelTransitionReservesGlobesCarbonFossilsFossil FuelWake Up CallExtreme WeatherRecords Breaking Author:Christiana Figueres
“We are quite convinced that if he were alive today, as an astute businessman looking out to the future, he would be moving out of fossil fuels and investing in clean, renewable energy.” IfsWould BeTodayMovingEnergyBusinessAliveCleanClimateInvestingConvincedFuelBusinessmanFossilsFossil FuelLive For TodayRenewable EnergyMoving OutAstute Author:Stephen Heintz
“We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.” ThinkingWayGrowthBusinessEconomicNewsClimateFriendlyGood NewsEconomic Growth Author:Jim Yong Kim
“Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.” MenInspirationalShouldFacesChallengesUnitedBusinessBiggerClimateClimate ChangePrioritiesKingdomsTreatedUnited Kingdom Author:Prince Charles