46 Quotes by Margaret Beckett

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    Some people think that going on a caravan holiday is a slightly more upscale version of camping. Let me assure you, it is much better than that. You know that you will have your creature comforts wherever you are. I never have to pack light, and I can put the kettle on in any location.

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    It will be essential, for China and for everybody else, to see if we can do something to allow them to use the resources that are available to them, but in a clean carbon way.

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    Innovation needs to be encouraged so that land managers can seize opportunities related to climate change mitigation and adoption.

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    I have to tell you that, sadly, this affectionate greeting contains a virus which has immobilized the House's internal communication system.

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    Everyone must be clear that business as usual is not an option. Most of us live in buildings erected long before we were born and our successors will have to live with the environmental consequences of the buildings we construct today. It is vital that we minimise harmful impacts for those who come after us

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    The rewards that will flow from a successful shift to a low carbon economy are high. Neither governments nor business can afford to let these opportunities pass them by

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    In the UK what we've found is that even businesses which prided themselves already on their efficient management find that a really beady-eyed scrutiny of their resource management, with an eye to environmental best-practice and long term sustainability, produce fresh efficiency and fresh savings that actually shock those in the company

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    Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can

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