100 Quotes by Barry Gardiner

Thanks to David Attenborough and 'Blue Planet 2,' we've become aware of the damage to our oceans from plastic pollution. We now know to use textile shopping bags instead of plastic, reuse coffee-cups and refuse polystyrene ones, and avoid plastic straws when ordering a drink at the bar.

It is hard to imagine a world without bees. It would be even harder to live in it.

As the cost of renewables plummets, the clean energy transition is increasingly driven by the business case.

Classical economics values things by seeing how much someone will pay for them. But this is where classical economics is wrong. What it fails to account for are all the 'externalities' - the services people regard as free goods: pollination services, flood protection, climate regulation, soil stabilization, carbon sequestration.

In order to properly measure the impacts of climate change on our Financial system they must first be identified and disclosed.

The most important thing to understand about Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change agreement is, whilst it undeniably damages the rest of the world, it does most damage to America itself.

We want trade agreements that aid development and increase prosperity, growth and productivity at home and in our trade partner countries.

Climate change must be approached as an opportunity to transition our economy to a zero carbon future. Business understands this even when governments don't.

We recognise the need for government to provide a clear and stable regulatory framework so as to release the investment power of business in order to deliver progressive public policy.