56 Quotes by Klaus Toepfer

These are ... sites that have a history of contamination, all of which are linked to massive neglect.

These facts are especially poignant when you factor in the impact of climate change which is triggering more extreme weather events like droughts.

I've been asked whether we can justify trying to protect wildlife when there's so much human suffering on the planet but the two are actually not exclusive.

Putting tourism on a sustainable path is a major challenge, requiring partnership and cooperation within the tourism industry, and between the industry, governments and tourists themselves.

On this special United Nations Day, let us take those adequate steps to stop the careless exploitation and destruction of the environment by making the necessary changes in our own lives, in our own attitudes, and in our own behavior. We don't have another thousand years,

Day in and day out and across the oceans and seas of the world nature is working to generate incomes and livelihoods for millions if not billions of people.

A renaissance in environmental politics and policy does not come in a vacuum. It needs the long-term commitment and vision of men and women. It needs people who have been and continue to be Champions of the Earth.

You only have to look at the tropical forests, home to the great apes. Economists now calculate that they are worth US$60 billion a year as a result of their ability to remove and store global warming gases from the atmosphere alone,

This is a real environmental and health achievement and I pay tribute to all those governments, companies and others such as the World Bank who kept this promise.