There will be water and food fights everywhere.

We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.

Carbon is the currency of how you measure climate change, but water will be the teeth.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.

Today there are a lot places where people say they're just hopeless. If I can come from a hopeless country, get an education, become a hyphenated American and become president of the World Bank, it's my moral duty to make sure that every single person on the planet has that opportunity.