- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to 50 times larger than that of people in the developing world.
- Nov 07, 2020
We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits.
- Fragile
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- Nov 07, 2020
We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got used to criticisms and, naturally, I try to make sure I don't listen to the more extreme ones because most of the people who have taken their right-wing extremist view of my life are people that I've never met.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't bother to try and respond to every little bit because the best response is just to keep on doing what you think is right.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.
- Economic Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people.
- Homework
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically based.
- China
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am retired from all my official roles, but I am still very active. I have close relationships at the U.N. I don't have any role at the U.N, but I'm still quite cooperative with a number of U.N. activities, in particular to China and that region.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to things I know about, such as energy and the environment. But I'm active because I can't think of anything else to do in my so-called retirement.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a cow's valve in my heart.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money.
- Less
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- Nov 07, 2020
A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged.
- Gatherings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that I've always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways.
- Individuals
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020