54 Quotes by Brian Deese

Technological progress has made clean energy a profitable investment, and growing popular pressure has forced politicians to respond to the threat of ecological disaster.

When President Obama first came into office in 2009, I spent a fair amount of time in Michigan.

Climate change is going to drive a very significant reallocation of capital.

When we look at economic crises, it is more often policy makers do too little than too much.

Early in the Obama administration, our economic team faced intense pressure to go down the road of coercive capitalism.

I think we really need to update what we mean by infrastructure for the 21st century.

Many smaller economies - island states, poor nations, and tropical countries are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

For the typical Americans, most of their income comes from wages. So, for people making less than $1 million a year, about 70% of their income comes from wages. But for those making more than $1 million, for the top 0.3%, it's the opposite.

Climate change is real, it is being driven by human activity, and it is not a problem any one country can solve on its own.