27 Quotes by Johan Rockstrom

We live on a human-dominated planet, putting unprecedented pressure on the systems on Earth.

World leaders need to realize that the cost of transforming the global energy system is far less than coping with the consequences of burning the planet's remaining fossil fuels.

It is essential to ensure that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a sustainable one for people and planet. It could even drive greater innovation, not only for short-term benefits and solutions for human wealth but also long-term solutions that benefit all and enable planetary stability.

Under stable and incremental conditions, a free-market economy spurs entrepreneurship, ensures efficiency, and generates wealth. Those conditions no longer apply.

There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can 'afford to save the environment.' This 'Kuznets Curve' thinking has never been correct and must be abandoned once and for all if we are serious about economic development for a thriving humanity on Earth.

To reduce the risk of a global environmental catastrophe, and to avoid reversing the course of human progress, the world must urgently bend the curve of global emissions away from fossil fuels.

During the Holocene, we undoubtedly altered our environment significantly, clearing land, diverting water and building great cities.

If we don't succeed on the climate change agenda, we risk getting feedbacks that undermine everything else.

Climate change poses tremendous threat to water resources, as there is inconsistency in the rains.