He believes that the increasing affordability and efficiency of solar and wind energy demonstrate that clean energy is a central solution to our infrastructure problems.

“the good news is that bill gates is right that it's a tremendous advantage that the cost of electricity from wind and solar has come down many of you know that right now that even if you own a relatively recent coal-fired power plant it's less expensive to reinvest in solar and wind than to buy the ”

Governments and the private sector need to forge new alliances to deliver public goods, recognizing that neither the state nor the market can adequately address developmental challenges in isolation.

“we need to find ways in which through our economic policies first of all the things that matter to us in society are given the priority that they deserve”