Rishi Sunak Quotes

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

Genetic design is something we can use to fight the lack of sustainability we humans are forcing on the earth's environment.

Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment.

If nature were a bank, they would have already rescued it.

Governments at all levels and the whole society should act more vigorously to protect the land our lives depend on.

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

Protecting our Great Lakes and conserving this resource for the next generation is critical both for surrounding communities and our planet as a whole.

If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.

We will invest heavily in safety and security... preserve the environment... make progress on biodiversity and economic progress.

Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models.

I see a future in which nature gives us a helping hand. Instead of destroying the natural world, why can't we use it to solve the kinds of problems that we are facing?

We must not risk defunding environmental conservation programs, which is why Congress should reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund to preserve our natural resources.

We don't need a War on Carbon. We need a new prosperity that can be shared by all while still respecting a multitude of real ecological limits - not just atmospheric gas concentrations, but topsoil depth, water supplies, toxic chemical concentrations, and the health of ecosystems, including the diversity of life they depend upon.

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.

We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.

The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years.