To claim the World Bank is just an extension of US foreign policy is just wrong.

The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.

It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the other works.

How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.

Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and storage, and not to the defence of deniers and cranks.

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.

What we are talking about is extended world war...People would move on a massive scale. Hundreds of millions, probably billions of people would have to move.