Nature is our biggest ally in poverty reduction and achieving human welfare

Nature is not a drag on growth - its protection is an unavoidable prerequisite for sustaining economic development.

A broad and joined-up approach is needed if we are to match human demands with the capacity of the planet

We are developing all sorts of technologies based on what we have learnt from birds, animals and soils. Pollination is worth £billions. But it also highlights how nature is so interconnected.

The US is responsible for 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. It should take responsibility for leading the way.

From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going

We have lost sight of the dependence we have on nature in economics

The coming week in The Hague may prove to be one of the most important in the three-and-a-half-billion year history of life on earth.

I still have to work on patience.

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

If technology is not a metaphor for memory, what is it?

It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.

Everything in your life gets better when you get better, and nothing is ever going to get better until you get better.

In death, Alexander of Macedon's end differed no whit from his stable-boy's. Either both were received into the same generative principle of the universe, or both alike were dispersed into atoms.

Last guy I was interested in turned out to be an incestuous necrophiliac," she said. "So no, not currently dating, and definitely not doing any more shopping in the 'sociopath' category

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.

It's like a woman's birthright to knit. It's primal. It's timeless. You don't need electricity to knit. You can do it with a candle, girls!