Sustainable development Quotes

“A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.”

“During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.”

“Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the future simply because they understand that.”

“Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.”

“If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.”

“I went to art school in Chicago for a year at Columbia College. I had this whole master plan of getting into sustainable development and green architecture and construction, so I wanted to go to business school and then get my masters in construction and development.”

“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.”

“Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development.”

“Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.”