“We must focus on what is necessary, not on what is politically negotiable” - Marco Lambertini, WWF International Director General “We need to integrate all the production systems into a fair trade fit for the planet. It can be done and we have high hopes” - Sebastião Salgado, Photographer “To young people: make sure you influence political campaigns, make sure you vote, make sure you run for political office. Do whatever you have to do because we don’t have a lot of time left” - Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth “Conservation is not an expense; it's the only moral relationship we can have with the Earth” - Melinda Janki, Executive Director, Justice Institute Guyana “What I have been hearing over and over again here in Marseille is that the environment is our economy, the environment affects our societies, and we have to work together” - Rémy Rioux, Directeur Général, Agence Française de Développement
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