The first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
We know that the warming rising seas will swallow entire island nations that are about 25 percent of the UN vote and… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
Political parties often take advantage of denial and fear in a moment of change. This is a well understood phenomenon that often… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
While denial leads to certainty, it is only the certainty of death. This is true for individuals and also for civilizations. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
As difficult as it is to eliminate the risk of nuclear warfare, it requires fewer changes to the global economy than does averting or… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
Geoengineering means changing the Earth's fundamental large-scale processes. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
The change in economic values created by the new markets for global public goods will reorient our global economy and under the right conditions… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
We need to support our future instead of undermining human survival. Let's do it. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
We need a transformation of the world economy and of how we use and share the Earth's resources. We are running out of time.… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
Even if we planted a tree on every square yard available in the planet by the end of the century we would only capture… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
The consensus is that climate change ranks along with nuclear warfare as the top two risks facing human civilization. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
The sun is the source of all energy on planet Earth and we cannot experiment with our only energy source. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
We know little of the consequences of the geoengineering process, such as spraying particles into the atmosphere that shade the planet from the sun's… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
We have to remove the CO2 that the industrial economy has already emitted, which otherwise will remain in the atmosphere for hundreds of years… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
Signs of a poorly understood but treatable house fire requires action, not inaction. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
The "can do" logic, by its own nature, does not accept limits. And an empire does not have a graceful way to evolve out… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
The new markets that arise from ecological constraints will dominate the 21st century economy, and so will markets for knowledge. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
CO2 from air can replace petroleum: it can produce plastics and acetate, it can produce carbon fibers that replace metals and clean hydrocarbons, such… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share
