- 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