We know the great task before us. We need all hands on deck. We need to move together, leaving no one behind. Let us seize the momentum from this [SDG] Summit … to move faster and farther to reach our destination for people and planet.

To fight Ebola, we need freedom of movement, we need access, we need security…Ebola does not wait.

Our overarching goal is to raise ambition and get the world on track to limit global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Preventing irreversible climate disruption is the race of our lives and for our lives […] We need rapid and deep change in how we do business, generate power, build cities and feed the world. And – having endured what is possibly the hottest month in recorded history – we need action now.

The people of Beira [Mozambique] have a right to expect strong solidarity and tangible support from the international community…It is not only the future of far-away places that is in peril,  it is our entire planet.