Citations
- ABELSEN Arkalo
- ANNAN Kofi
- BARROSO José Manuel
- BASHAR AHMED Wahida
- BORRELL FONTELLES Josep
- BÅGE Lennart
- CAVACO SERVINHO Antonio
- CISSOKHO Mamadou
- CRAVINHO João Gomes
- DE BOER Yvo
- DERVIS Kemal
- DIOP Bineta
- GAZEAU-SECRET Anne
- HELMER Madeleen
- HOSIER Richard
- HUQ Saleemul
- JARRAUD Michel
- KARIM Chowdhury Sajjadul
- KAUDIA Alice
- KONUKIEWITZ Manfred
- MACAMO Veronica Nataniel
- MICHEL Louis
- MUTAGAMBA Maria
- N'DIAYE Ndioro
- NNOLI-EDOZIEN Ndidi
- PAET Urmas
- PAYET Rolph
- PETIT Bernard
- RICHELLE Koos
- SAKO Mahamadou
- SCHAAR Johan
- SHEERAN Josette
- SIERRA Katherine
- SKYLAKAKIS Theodoros
- TIBAIJUKA Anna
- TUUHIA Vaia
- WACKERNAGEL Mathis
- WIJKMAN Anders
- ABELSEN Arkalo
Ministre de la Santé et de l'Environnement - Groenland08/11 “Greenland already has access to existing EU environmental programmes. However Greenland finds that the EU can offer more to European scientific activities in the Artic.”
08/11 “The ice cap is melting in a much larger speed than ever expected. This has severe consequences, locally by putting at risk lives in Greenland, and globally the melting ice cap and rising see levels could be a disaster for many nations in the world.”
08/11 “Greenland hunters and fishermen already feel the effects as they are often limited or unable to hunt or fish due to the changed ice conditions.”
- ANNAN Kofi
Forum Humanitaire Mondial07/11 "The EU is already a critical partner of Africa’s. You are the world’s largest donor in Africa and the continent’s most important economic and trading partner. You therefore have a particular role to play and a particular responsibility towards the African continent. After all, only 8 miles separates us."
07/11 "We are all bound together as human beings. If we remain indifferent to the suffering of others, we are only depriving ourselves of our own humanity. We need to act together as humanity for humanity. And now is the time."
07/11 "For far too long we have considered climate change as a problem for the future. But we must remember that climate change is an all encompassing threat. It is not an issue of rich versus poor, of north versus south. It’s a global issue and we are seeing its effects everywhere."
07/11 “But resources are limited and there is one crisis swiftly followed by another. We can rebuild houses, roads and schools, but we can never give back life when it has been taken away.”
07/11 “The EU is a strong supporter of African development and is Africa’s most important economic trading partner.”
07/11 “After all, we have to recognise there are only eight miles that separate us. A peaceful, prosperous Africa, a stable Africa is in all our interests. We stand on the cusp of change. We are all bound together as human beings. If we remain indifferent to the suffering of others, we are depriving ourselves of our own humanity.”
07/11 “There’s an appetite for change in Africa, there is a young, dynamic group that is pushing for this move. Africa is moving in the right direction, but more needs to be done.”
- BARROSO José Manuel
Commission européenne (CE), Président07/11 "The attendance of so many decision-makers, professionals, specialists and other actors in the field of development makes the European Development Days a significant event in itself. Really, Lisbon this week is where Davos meets Porto Alegre."
07/11 "If we miss our target of cutting CO2 emissions by at least 50% from 1990 levels by 2050, the consequences of climate change in social, economic and environmental terms could be both irreversible and uncontrollable."
07/11 "In my view, we are on the threshold of a new era, a transformation from a high carbon present to a low or zero carbon future."
07/11 "The European Commission is proposing a new alliance between the EU and the developing countries most affected by climate change and with the fewest resources to cope with its effects."
07/11 "The consequences of inaction are already becoming apparent all over the world. The time has come for concrete action, which these Development Days should help to define."
07/11 "Our efforts to protect the planet will be judged by future generations – because they will know the state of the planet that we bequeath to them. Let us not fail in this task."
07/11 "Climate change means recognizing a duty of solidarity towards developing countries..."
07/11 “This unprecedented mobilisation culminated last month in the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to ex-US Vice-President Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This award reinforces the growing awareness in the world that environmental and climate issues will be important factors for peace in the 21st century."
07/11 "We recognize that climate change means recognizing a duty of solidarity towards developing countries, which are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change"
07/11 "This unprecedented mobilisation culminated last month in the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to ex-US Vice-President Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This award reinforces the growing awareness in the world that environmental and climate issues will be important factors for peace in the 21st century."
07/11 "A presença de tão elevado número de decisores, profissionais, especialistas e outros intervenientes no domínio do desenvolvimento fazem destas Jornadas Europeias do Desenvolvimento, por si só, um acontecimento. Durante esta semana, Lisboa constitui verdadeiramente o ponto de encontro de Davos e Porto Alegre."
- BASHAR AHMED Wahida
ActionAid International07/11 Poor people, and particularly women, are most impacted by adverse consequences from climate change, but the impacts on women are not being addressed by policy makers.
- BORRELL FONTELLES Josep
Parlement européen (PE), Président du comité du développement09/11 "Il faudrait un partenariat mondial, des institutions à l’échelle globale. On a ça pour le commerce, on a une OMC, pourquoi on n’en a pas pour faire face à ce problème ! C’est parce qu’on n’y croit pas ! Parce que finalement, il y a des intérêts trop forts qui empêchent d’y faire face avec des véritables solutions…"
- BÅGE Lennart
Fonds International pour le Développement Agricole (FIDA), Président08/11 “We will have a world that is growing in numbers and also growing in development so there will be more demand for food. Poor people can be part of the solution to grow more food. We have to see to it that we make the right investments so they can do that.”
- CAVACO SERVINHO Antonio
Commission européenne (CE), Directeur général08/11 “Climate change has a strong link to humanitarian crises. We have to prepare local populations against these crises.”
- CISSOKHO Mamadou
Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et des Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA), Président d'honneur08/11 “Scientists are saying that it is the ‘small’ people who are going to suffer the most from climate change. Scientists also said that the dinosaurs became extinct because of climate change and dinosaurs weren’t small.”
- CRAVINHO João Gomes
MAE - Portugal, Secrétaire d'État aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération07/11 Developed countries must take the lead in emission reductions.
- DE BOER Yvo
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Secrétaire exécutif07/11 “Much of the solution for the future lies in the blending of international financial resources. What is the best way to blend it, to make it work better?”
07/11 “Green development will spur economic growth, we must make private money go where private money has never gone before.”
07/11 “Climate change and development are intricately linked. We have only a short time to solve the problem of climate change. Smart investments must be made. The investment challenge is critical.”
07/11 “Today’s investments must not be washed away tomorrow. We need intelligent financial engineering to see how we can alter the effects of investment in the sector.”
- DERVIS Kemal
Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD), Administrateur08/11 "Climate change is happening. There are uncertainties about exactly how it is happening, or by how much the temperature of the planet will increase, but it would be wrong to use these uncertainties as an excuse for inaction."
08/11 "Some parts of Africa will be hit by extreme climatic events such as floods and storms, not at the end of century or the next, but in our lifetime. Climate change is an ethical issue as well as a development challenge, because the poorest people are also the most vulnerable."
08/11 "The poor countries need additional resources to adapt to climate change. It is quite clear that the estimated costs for reaching the UN Millenium Goals and fighting poverty are no longer realistic. The rich countries and their citizens must share their part of the burden. It is in their interest. It is not about using Overseas Development Assistance, but finding alternative ways to finance a resource that is a global public good."
08/11 "The UN is the right forum to find a solution to climate change. But the UN cannot be partisan, favouring one solution over another. The role of the UN is about improving knowledge, increasing information about the choices available and making the urgency about climate change widely known. In all of this, the EU is a main partner."
08/11 "There is a cost-benefit analysis associated with climate change. Mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change requires major technological innovation, which can have significant short term costs. But the past has shown us that technological innovation can also create multiplier effects for the whole economy. Of course it is difficult to predict: we do not know today what the effects might be, or how to measure them, but these innovations could create long term benefits for everyone."
- DIOP Bineta
Femmes Africa Solidarité (FASNGO), Directrice exécutive08/11 “We need to look at who the good and bad guys are. Who is going to point fingers? Rather than denounce those who don’t do the right things, maybe we can award those who do... and give red cards to those who do nothing.”
- GAZEAU-SECRET Anne
MAEE - France, Directrice Générale de la Coopération Internationale08/11 “The market alone cannot account for or supply Global Public Goods. International cooperation is needed.”
- HELMER Madeleen
Croix Rouge, Responsable du Centre du Climat de la Croix Rouge/Croissant Rouge08/11 “We all advocate for more cooperation and more coordination. It’s easily said, but not easily done.”
- HOSIER Richard
Global Environment Facility (GEF)08/11 “EU countries must encourage work already going on in developing countries and acknowledge it. The emphasis must be less about setting targets and more about action.”
- HUQ Saleemul
Institut International pour l'Environnement et le Développement (IIED), Directeur07/11 Because of the global nature of the problem, people can no longer leave climate change to nation-state governments that seek to protect national interests only, but must assert themselves as citizens of the planet. Individuals and civil society must take responsibility. We must look at our own carbon footprints.
- JARRAUD Michel
Organisation Météorologique Mondiale (OMM), Secrétaire général07/11 There is growing recognition that climate change mitigation and adaptation methods will be less expensive if undertaken right away.
- KARIM Chowdhury Sajjadul
Ministre de l'Environnement et des Forêts - Bangladesh08/11 “After every flood there is some level of migration. But if climate change isn’t checked, the level of migration will be enormous. It will be a problem of inordinate magnitude.”
- KAUDIA Alice
Union Mondiale pour la Nature (IUCN), Directrice régionale pour l'Afrique de l'Est08/11 “We need collective global action contextualized for local situations.”
- KONUKIEWITZ Manfred
Commissaire pour le Changement Climatique de BMZ - Allemagne08/11 “The mitigation costs of reducing greenhouse gases involve sizeable sums of money but not as much as people think. In fact it is just a fraction of today’s GDP. Full implementation would bring us back to the GPD levels of the 1980s where we didn’t actually live badly. It can be financed.”
- MACAMO Veronica Nataniel
Parlement Pan-africain, Députée08/11 “We need concrete action to make sure that climate change won’t put our lives in danger.”
- MICHEL Louis
Commission européenne (CE), Commissaire européen chargé du développement et de l'aide humanitaire09/11 “Un ‘emprunt mondial’ qui apporterait des ressources financières massives nécessaires pour combattre le changement climatique aujourd’hui. Les Pays les plus riches seraient responsables pour le remboursement sur le long terme de l’argent ainsi emprunté via ce nouveau mécanisme innovant.”
09/11 “Imaginons de manière créative un “Emprunt Mondial” qui permettrait de dégager les moyens pour répondre à l’ensemble de ce problème climatique. Si on ne conduit pas, ici et maintenant, une décision politique forte avec un résultat immédiat, nous nous trouverons dans la même situation dans 15 ans.”
09/11 "On n’a jamais été aussi prospère, on n’a jamais été aussi riche… Il n’a jamais eu autant de moyens financiers dont on ne savait pas très bien comment les dépenser…Si on dit de haut décideur: Pourquoi ne pas financer un emprunt mondial qui dégagerait des moyens considérables à mettre en œuvre très vite ? On ne les met qu’au défi de répondre oui ou de répondre non et on les met en tout cas au défi de réfléchir à la question ! Et on les met en tout cas devant l’impossibilité de dire : ce n’est pas possible ici et maintenant !"
08/11 "Je suis très surpris par le grand engagement des nouveaux pays membres. Les nouveaux pays membres sont très intéressés. Ils n’ont pas encore ni l’expérience ni l’historicité du travail dans le développement, mais il y a un réel grand effort et la volonté politique de s’investir dans le développement, parce qu’ils ont bien mesuré que, quoiqu’on dise, le développement est une politique qui permet à un petit pays de s’identifier comme partenaire influent."
08/11 "Les Etats-Unis donnent du surplus agricole et il se passent souvent plusieurs mois jusqu’à ce que ces aides arrivent…Nous libérons l’argent quand c’est nécessaire…."
08/11 "Tout le monde est d’accord pour dire que les moyens dont nous avons besoin existent. Ce qui reste maintenant à faire, c’est simplement à avoir la volonté politique assez forte pour mettre tous les moyens en œuvre. Il ne faut pas que les incertitudes qui planent autour d’un certain nombre de questions à apporter justifient la passivité. La passivité est la pire des choses, on sait déjà plein de choses qu’on peut faire. Donc : Just do it ! "
07/11 « Le climat est un enjeu public mondial qui ignore les frontières, se moque des continents et des clivages classiques. Le changement climatique n'est pas équitable; les pays les plus vulnérables sont ceux qui en sont le moins "responsables". Cela aussi doit être dit au risque de déranger.»
07/11 "Si nous n'intégrons pas le changement climatique dans nos politiques de développement – ici et maintenant – nous perdrons le bénéfice de tous les investissements que nous avons faits."
07/11 "Le changement climatique n’est pas équitable ; les pays les plus vulnérables sont ceux qui en sont le moins ‘responsables’. Cela doit être dit au risque de déranger"
- MUTAGAMBA Maria
Ministre d'Etat de l'Eau et de l'Environnement - Ouganda07/11 Countries in Africa are simultaneously experiencing draughts and floods...If solutions are not found, destabilising migration will continue.
- N'DIAYE Ndioro
Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (IOM), Directeur général adjoint08/11 “There have been attempts to get people to return from the Diaspora, but you can’t just tell them to go home if there is nothing on offer at home.”
- NNOLI-EDOZIEN Ndidi
Growing Businesses Foundation (GBF), Directrice exécutive08/11 “We need a change of thinking among the donor countries. Instead of calling it aid, it should be called compensation, which better reflects the role of the economic players in developing countries working to reduce climate problems.”
- PAET Urmas
MAE - Estonie, Ministre08/11 "Le développement, c'est prendre l'argent des pauvres des pays développés et les donner aux riches des pays sous-développés"
- PAYET Rolph
Conseiller Spécial du Président de la République des Seychelles08/11 “The technologies we need are all out there. Sometimes we are creating barriers by holding onto the patents to make private financial gain. We have to push harder to put these technologies into use. Photovoltaic cells have been around for 25 years. Why aren’t they mass produced and cheap
- PETIT Bernard
Commission européenne (CE), Directeur général adjoint08/11 “With a view to the Bali meeting the EU has put forward a 20 percent reduction in emissions by 2020. In Bali everyone must assume their responsibility and work towards a joint reduction in emissions.”
- RICHELLE Koos
Commission européenne (CE), Directeur général d'EuropAid08/11 “We need equitable access and equitable distribution. But there is no world government to make it happen. We must rely on voluntary action.”
- SAKO Mahamadou
Ancien ministre des privatisations (Niger)08/11 “Training and education are very important to increase awareness. Climate change science should be taught in universities and from primary school level. Our education polices should cater to looking for ways to fight climate change.”
- SCHAAR Johan
Agence Suédoise de Coopération Internationale au Développement (Sida), Commissaire pour le Changement Climatique et le Développement08/11 “Recent polls show that a majority of people are concern about climate change. I think there is a popular mandate for politicians to act.”
- SHEERAN Josette
Programme Alimentaire Mondiale (PAM), Directrice exécutive08/11 “Because of climate change, we may be facing the perfect storm for the world’s poorest people.”
- SIERRA Katherine
Banque Mondiale, Vice-présidente pour le Développement Durable07/11 Least Developed Countries have a right to grow... actions to address climate change must work for, not against development.
- SKYLAKAKIS Theodoros
MAE - Grèce, Secrétaire général08/11 “The growing economies of the developing world must adopt a low greenhouse growth path. The steps taken during the first stages, such as transportation and industrial technologies, are binding for the remainder of a country’s development and cannot be reversed.”
- TIBAIJUKA Anna
Programme des Nations Unies pour les etablissements Humains (UN-HABITAT), Directrice exécutive08/11 "We have to reverse the crisis of HIV. If we don’t there won’t be any Africans to talk about – but beyond that we need to arrest chaotic urbanisation. Africa is experiencing premature urbanisation. People are being pushed out of agriculture by desertification.”
08/11 “People do not move because they will be better off, but because they expect to be better off.”
- TUUHIA Vaia
Directrice de la Délégation de la Polynésie française auprès de l'UE08/11 “Compte tenu des vitesses d’élévation projetées aujourd’hui par les spécialistes du GIEC, de nombreuses îles vont disparaître. Ce sont donc près de 1 million d’habitants qui seront touchés au premier chef par l’élévation du niveau de la mer.
- WACKERNAGEL Mathis
Co-créateur de Ecological Footprint08/11 “Is the economy future proof?”
08/11 “We need to have good environmental statements – like financial statements for companies.”
- WIJKMAN Anders
Parlement européen (PE), Membre du Parlement européen08/11 “Adaptation cannot be a stand alone. It must be part of the development agenda.”