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> [“Scientists warn that only a narrow window of opportunity remains in which to address climate emergency and other environmental calamities before irrevocable tipping points forever change our planet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/scientists-warn-that-only-a-narrow-window-of-opportunity-remains-in/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

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## More by Mary Christina Wood

> [“The thing that you have to understand about nature and natural law is, there’s no mercy…. There’s only law. And if you don’t understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/the-thing-that-you-have-to-understand-about-nature-and-natural-law-is/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“You can’t negotiate with a beetle. You are now dealing with natural law. And if you don’t understand natural law, you will soon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/you-can-t-negotiate-with-a-beetle-you-are-now-dealing-with-natural/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“As James Gustave Speth wrote in his book A Bridge at the Edge of the World, if we continue business as usual, the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/as-james-gustave-speth-wrote-in-his-book-a-bridge-at-the-edge-of-the/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“old Indian proverb, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/old-indian-proverb-we-do-not-inherit-the-earth-from-our-ancestors-we/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Politics of abundance, by contrast, arise from an ethic of measured restraint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/politics-of-abundance-by-contrast-arise-from-an-ethic-of-measured/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Present levels have reached 400 parts per million,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/present-levels-have-reached-400-parts-per-million/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Climate crisis presents nearly unfathomable urgency because of what scientists call “tipping points” – climate tripwires, so to speak. These thresholds, caused by human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/climate-crisis-presents-nearly-unfathomable-urgency-because-of-what/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Government, deriving its authority from the people as a whole, must act as a fiduciary to protect the natural resources held in trust from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/government-deriving-its-authority-from-the-people-as-a-whole-must-act/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Scientists warn that only a narrow window of opportunity remains in which to address climate emergency and other environmental calamities before irrevocable tipping points…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/scientists-warn-that-only-a-narrow-window-of-opportunity-remains-in/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Thomas Friedman captures the twin tasks when he says: “Avoid the unmanageable and manage the unavoidable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/thomas-friedman-captures-the-twin-tasks-when-he-says-avoid-the/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Often it does not matter much what the law says; the politics will circumvent it. Every devastated watershed, every new mile of sprawl, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/often-it-does-not-matter-much-what-the-law-says-the-politics-will/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“Deserving particular mention is Julia Olson, who is coordinating the worldwide atmospheric trust litigation campaign (through Our Children’s Trust) and whose perseverance and embrace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/deserving-particular-mention-is-julia-olson-who-is-coordinating-the/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

> [“These same forces now keep the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from taking bold action to regulate carbon dioxide pollution as our planet heats to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-christina-wood/these-same-forces-now-keep-the-u-s-environmental-protection-agency/)

[Mary Christina Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-christina-wood/)

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