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More climate-friendly, coordinated laws, policies, and incentives are needed.
Patricia Espinosa
Laws
More
Policies
Incentives
Coordinated
Needed
To be able to transform societies and economies to low-carbon ones was an amazing challenge. To influence and to facilitate such an important transformation in the world would be like witnessing something of industrial revolution proportions.
Patricia Espinosa
World
Amazing
Challenge
Important
Revolution
Transformation
Would
Would-Be
Able
Something
Facilitate
Proportions
Economies
Like
Industrial
Industrial Revolution
Witnessing
Influence
Transform
Societies
I have children; I hope to be a grandmother one day.
Patricia Espinosa
Hope
Day
One Day
Children
Grandmother
The economy of the future has been aligned with the climate agenda. Even the competitiveness of companies will depend on how resource efficient they are.
Patricia Espinosa
Future
Will
Depend
Resource
Aligned
Has-Been
Economy
How
Climate
Been
Efficient
Agenda
Companies
Even
Competitiveness
A lot of U.S. businesses are really going into the agenda of sustainability, and some are making their own commitments in emissions reductions in their own operations.
Patricia Espinosa
Own
Some
Emissions
Operations
Making
Reductions
Lot
Commitments
Going
Sustainability
Agenda
Really
Businesses
We will need to reach out to all those actors - to governments, to civil societies, to businesses - and help in mobilizing them to help in this fight against climate change.
Patricia Espinosa
Change
Fight
Will
Those
Out
Civil
Reach
Climate
Climate Change
Governments
Against
Them
Help
Businesses
Actor
Societies
Need
Actually, climate change is really about the wellbeing of people. It is not a very vague concept or a vague problem that is out of our everyday lives. It is actually affecting our everyday lives, and this is the fundamental fact that everybody should keep in mind while working toward a low-carbon society.
Patricia Espinosa
Change
People
Problem
Mind
Society
Everybody
Everyday
Everyday Lives
Our
Out
About
Fact
Toward
Concept
Climate
Climate Change
Wellbeing
Affecting
Very
While
Really
Should
Working
Keep
Fundamental
Lives
Actually
Vague
People who have grown up in a world where this was not a concern and suddenly start hearing about climate change - it's very difficult. It's a very, very abstract concept. So we need to work on making it very educational and very, very clear, in very simple terms.
Patricia Espinosa
Work
Change
People
World
Simple
Difficult
About
Clear
Abstract
Concept
Terms
Concern
Making
Climate
Climate Change
Educational
Hearing
Up
Very
Where
Who
Suddenly
Grown
Grown-Up
Start
Need
Cities are where the climate battle will be won or lost.
Patricia Espinosa
Battle
Will
Lost
Cities
Climate
Won
Where
The Paris Agreement is, in fact, a historic one because it marks the culmination of a phase of very long, drawn-out negotiations involving more than 190 countries. Why is it historic? Because it shows the way for our societies to change from the ground up, to create an economy that only depends on fossil fuels to a very slight degree.
Patricia Espinosa
Change
Degree
Long
Our
Way
Slight
Negotiations
Marks
More
Only
Paris
Fact
Countries
Economy
Involving
Because
Culmination
Historic
Up
Very
Than
Depends
In Fact
Fuels
Create
Ground
Fossil
Fossil Fuels
Shows
Agreement
Why
Societies
Phase
The Paris Agreement is an agreement that has really such a huge, huge level of credibility and strength. Not only was it signed by more than 190 countries in record time, it has also been ratified in record time, and it has also, really, also a lot of support form the people, the public in general.
Patricia Espinosa
Time
Strength
People
Signed
Record
General
More
Only
Paris
Support
Countries
Also
Been
Lot
Huge
Than
Form
Public
Really
Agreement
Credibility
Level
Climate action in cities is the key that unlocks a low emissions and resilient future.
Patricia Espinosa
Future
Key
Action
Cities
Emissions
Climate
Low
Resilient
Transnational organized crime does not recognize any borders.
Patricia Espinosa
Crime
Recognize
Borders
Does
Any
Transnational
Organized
Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
Patricia Riggen
Dangerous
Country
Earthquakes
Mines
Lot
Very
Chile
I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
Patricia Riggen
Language
First
Though
Write
Writer
Because
Handicap
Just
Anymore
English
Even
Harder
It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film.
Patricia Riggen
Me
You
Director
Woman
Mind
Tell
Crossed
Never
Had
Knew
Because
Occur
Just
Film
Why
I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
Patricia Riggen
Director
First
City
Directing
Columbia
Columbia University
Knew
New
Exercise
York
New York
New York City
University
I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
Patricia Riggen
Me
Women
Seen
Wish
Before
Would
Some
Directing
Given
Had
Idea
Who
When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.
Patricia Riggen
College
Important
Directors
Female
Were
Mexico
Graduation
Thesis
Four
I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
Patricia Riggen
Love
People
Opinion
Doing
Getting
I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because they came in and started directing things like 'Harry Potter.'
Patricia Riggen
Good
Me
Good Job
Job
Three
Before
Think
Harry
Harry Potter
Directing
Directors
Potter
Like
Because
Came
Mexican
Very
Did
Hollywood
Things
Started
I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
Patricia Riggen
Three
Big
Think
Gave
Latino
Directors
Particularly
Big Break
Foreign
Mexican
Break
Us
Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.
Patricia Riggen
Work
You
Will
Out
Bad
Follow
Only
Bad Movie
Directors
Instinct
Because
End
Up
Movie
Formula
Formulas
Work Out
Actually
The idea that women compete or don't like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each other, that's a big miss. That is not true at all. At all. My women connect with each other instantly and help each other.
Patricia Riggen
Women
Big
Other
Sabotage
Instantly
True
Idea
Miss
Like
Undermine
Help
Connect
Each
Compete
The problem of working in a mine, you are inside the belly of the monster, and it controls you. The air you breathe, the stones that fall on your head, we had to be on guard.
Patricia Riggen
You
Problem
Fall
Guard
Monster
Air
Mine
Inside
Had
Head
Stones
Controls
Breathe
Working
Your
Belly
I am grateful that I'm working, but I also have to say I've worked really, really hard and had to fight a lot.
Patricia Riggen
Fight
Grateful
Say
Had
Also
Am
Lot
Worked
Really
Working
Hard
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