“Climate readiness must be the foundation of how we design our cities, not just another item on the list.”

“I kept going to bed every night saying somebody’s got to do something about this… and then one day I changed that statement and said, I guess it’s going to be me.”

“We have to start managing infrastructure from a starting point of carbon. Carbon is the universal language. Maybe we need to stop looking at chasing points in certain building accreditation programmes, and really starting to focus on what is the carbon impa…

“We can leverage a tonne of opportunities to meet that challenge of feeding 10 billion people by 2050 through technology and services that improve the economics of more sustainable regenerative type farming practices.”

“I don’t get motivated by hope. And I’m not that hopeful. You’re not talking to a hopeful person. Hope doesn’t actually motivate me…but fear gets me motivated. Anger, unfortunately, gets me motivated, and my grandson gets me motivated – because I’m more af…

“I think there’s a massive opportunity here because in our history of building, we have many examples of sustainable strategies that involve using local materials and local manufacturing methods, to build buildings that are durable, buildings that last.”

“You need to have a mission in life, and you have to relentlessly pursue it!”

“You need to have a mission in life, and you have to relentlessly pursue it!”

“You can be absolutely certain that we are going to be dealing with climate change, and we’re going to have to find these 360-degree solutions that don’t impoverish people, that are fair and equitable, that are resilient, and that create economic growth.”

“If you are in a position of power, you really need to acknowledge the power that you have to make a difference and speak up. Pretending that you don’t have it is a disservice to yourself and to others.”

“There’s no silver bullet here. There are lots of different technologies and solutions that will change the world over the next 30 years as we deal with climate change. And I would like to give listeners a sound overview of what is worth spending time on.”

“And so the question is: What happens if we aren’t getting the right information? Or worse, we’re getting really bad information most of the time. And that’s the core idea with of information pollution.”