Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva on climate change and health security: "[We need] health security at a level that can build trust, together with the digital economy, energy transition, a water strategy linked to renewable energy and the “blue economy,” which is an important factor.”

PM Gonsalves on developed nations disrupting vaccine supply chains: “The supply chain was disrupted [for vaccines]… at least one developed country was creating problems for some others… that country shall remain nameless, but there are enough reports on it to figure it out.”

“Our veterinary authority was able to adapt salmon fishery testing to COVID-19” — PM Nielsen on how the Faroe Islands achieved one of the highest COVID-19 testing rates in the world.

“Climate change may be more of a calamity than the Second World War.”

"...Our hospital is a few feet above sea level, and our operating room, all of our hospital equipment, are basically no more than six feet above high tide mark."

“[Climate change] will have a far more reaching, far more devastating effect, I believe, than COVID-19 because as climate change increases here in the Pacific, its effects are you’re losing land, you’re losing food source, and it’s affecting parts of your economy.”

“We are part of the Dutch Kingdom, but even though we don’t have a physical knee on our necks, we have the proverbial noose around our necks. We are constantly being bullied, let’s say, by our former colonial powers, and at this stage we have already 10 years of sovereignty, yet in those 10 years they have succeeded—especially during these types of crises—to further take away some more autonomy from us.”

“Tourism is the #1 contributor to Iceland’s GDP, so [the COVID-19 pandemic] has had a huge, huge impact…Because we haven’t been maybe under quite the same restrictions, there’s been a huge campaign and effort for Icelanders to travel within our own country.”

“It took a lawsuit against the federal government and the Department of the Treasury to make sure we get our share of COVID-19 relief money, while the rest of the other states, cities, and municipalities got their money right away.”

"It's an inescapable fact that a lot of wealth generated in the Caribbean is actually sent to North America and Europe to build the infrastructure, build the universities, and establish strong economies. We were left poor and destitute. We think there should be some level of compensation, and I am one to believe there should be cash compensation."