“The people of the world are gambling for colossal stakes. Two centuries of scientific enquiry, founded in basic physics and powerful evidence, indicate that the risks from a changing climate over the next hundred years and beyond are immense.”
— Nicholas Stern
Economist Known for Stern Review on Climate Change Economics

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Justice

A growing archive of 3,000+ moments, drawn from every interview.

For large corporations, globalization opened up opportunities without the correlate responsibilities which usually travel with that- so things that banks must do at home they didn't have to do abroad. This took globalization out of balance, into a vicious cycle – and we're now dealing with the consequences of that.

— Ngaire Woods

Director of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University

The gap between the situation of people caught in conflict and the rest of us is growing, not narrowing. The gap is not going to be narrowed by trying to change the words on paper, we have to live up to them.

— David Miliband

British Labour Politician & Former Foreign Secretary

The displacement that people face is now over generations not just years. The old model was to keep people alive until they go home. That model is broken, less than 3% of the world's refugees went home last year.

— David Miliband

British Labour Politician & Former Foreign Secretary

You should never sacrifice truth at the altar of social justice- that is what idea pathogens do.

— Gad Saad

Evolutionary Psychologist & Author Known for Consumer Behavior Research

It's sad that we don't immediately see the profound injustices embedded in climate change. It is precisely those people who have no responsibility for having caused climate change who are the most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate.

— Christiana Figueres

Former UN Climate Change Executive Secretary & Global Climate Action Leader

To break the silence around sexual abuse, more people need to speak about it… normalise it… and by doing so, hopefully we can start to get our children talking, and make some real progress to eliminate these acts from our society.

— Kalki Koechlin

Indian actress known for independent films and *Chandni Bar* role

The people who will be disproportionately harmed by climate change are those who are (in general) less advantaged economically and socially. Justice means equality of opportunity for all human beings, and that equality of opportunity is quickly reduced if you're in Bangladesh and your home is flooded or if you're in Nigeria and your crops fail because the rains have changed.

— James Thornton

Environmental lawyer and founder of ClientEarth

I think you're going to see impact models that challenge many of our incumbent industries. The most vulnerable in our society are currently overcharged because the system assumes, they are higher-risk, and so those in our society who are least able to afford charges, are being charged huge overdraft and borrowing rates.

— Sir Ronald Cohen

Founder of Social Venture Network & Pioneer of Social Impact Investing

Once you have transparency on impact, why would you tax all companies for the damage caused by some? You would tax the ones who create the damage. I hope we therefore shift to a fairer taxation system that improves the position of governments.

— Sir Ronald Cohen

Founder of Social Venture Network & Pioneer of Social Impact Investing

With blockchain, you may not even need to bring someone to court, because the evidence is already there- on the blockchain! Producers can sell their products and services to people they don't know and need not trust—- so that expands their market.

— Prof. Eric Maskin

Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics; Mechanism Design Theory Pioneer

The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer, and the market doesn't even things out. It takes massive state intervention through public services, health services, social housing and income redistribution to even begin to equalise or reduce inequality.

— Kate Raworth

Creator of the Doughnut Economics framework for sustainable development

Researching the story of empire didn't make me hate Britain, rather it gave me a deeper sense of belonging because it made me realise that we (brown people) have been here for centuries.

— Sathnam Sanghera

British journalist and author, wrote "The Boy with the Topknot

People were sure that they were risking death when building mutual aid webs or asking for dignity on the streets of our great cities around the world. People are choosing humanity, dignity, freedom and equality as ideals even when they perceive a risk of dying.

— Ece Temelkuran

Turkish journalist, author, and political commentator known for critical writings on democracy

If you have a bottle of water in your house, it belongs to you. Nobody can touch it without your permission, nobody can get into your house without your permission. This doesn't apply to the internet world. Facebook can access your room and your house without your consent. They can tear down your house, they can delete and block your digital life.

— Justin Sun

Founder of TRON blockchain platform & cryptocurrency entrepreneur

If you have a doctor who is very ready to find people as having heart disease, and thus overdiagnoses and overtreats them – that's a mistake, risks safety and wastes resources. Similarly, if you have a doctor down the hall who underdiagnoses, that endangers lives.

— Cass Sunstein

Legal Scholar & White House Office of Management & Budget Administrator

Distrust in government is very dangerous – what follows is the ability for authoritarian and totalitarian forms of government to take control, and that doesn't do anybody, any good.

— Beth Simone Noveck

Chief Innovation Officer of the White House & Open Government Advocate