When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.

Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.

A global world needs global firewalls.

Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending . . . when women do better, economies do better.

Women, as the minority, have to prove their worth all the time. That's the reason we tend to over-prepare, over-study, over-anticipate. I think it's the case with many women leaders. We tend to over do it.

If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set, if policymakers don’t have it on their radar screens—then financial stability in the medium and long-term is clearly at stake.