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.

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

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

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

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.

Rules are a great way to get ideas. All you have to do is break them.

I was more than my limitations

The government of Mexico is terrific. I don't blame them for what's happened. I don't blame them for taking advantage of the United States. I wish our politicians were so smart.

I am helping people maybe scrape off some of the old stuff that has been put upon us that has taken us from being genius's to not feeling great about ourselves by having doubts, fears and anxieties.

Books form in us habits of thought which shall live forever with us.

One bacterium has 2,000 to 6,000 proteins.

It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it.

Yes I had to dress up in drag but what fun. And now I feel like a real lady.

This is the right time, and this is the right thing.

In one way, I'm sympathetic to the institutional reluctance to face the music. I'd give a lot to mark my weight to 'model' rather than to 'market.'