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title: "18 Issue Climate Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Issue Climate quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Issue Climate sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/randy-olson-52507_change_i-think-this-issue-of-climate-change-is_1505970.jpg"
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> [I think this issue of climate change is truly important, and that it is a major tragedy how poorly it's been handled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-olson/i-think-this-issue-of-climate-change-is-truly-important-and-that-it/)

[Randy Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-olson/)

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> [Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/any-so-called-leader-who-does-not-take-this-issue-climate-change/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-issue-of-climate-change-is-one-that-we-ignore-at-our-own-peril-2/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I believe that the issue of climate change is very complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslyn-lewis/i-believe-that-the-issue-of-climate-change-is-very-complicated/)

[Leslyn Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslyn-lewis/)

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> [My administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/my-administration-is-committed-to-a-leadership-role-on-the-issue-of/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [A narrative of fear surrounds the issue of climate change, and it's being used to completely alter our way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslyn-lewis/a-narrative-of-fear-surrounds-the-issue-of-climate-change-and-it-s/)

[Leslyn Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslyn-lewis/)

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> [The main cause that I have attached my name to and am working diligently in is the issue of climate change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-reuben/the-main-cause-that-i-have-attached-my-name-to-and-am-working/)

[Gloria Reuben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-reuben/)

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> [We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-duckworth/we-have-an-obligation-to-our-men-and-women-in-uniform-and-to-future/)

[Tammy Duckworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammy-duckworth/)

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> [It is vital that MPs take the issue of climate change seriously and support the students in their activism. They can rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/layla-moran/it-is-vital-that-mps-take-the-issue-of-climate-change-seriously-and/)

[Layla Moran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/layla-moran/)

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> [We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince-charles/we-should-be-treating-i-think-the-whole-issue-of-climate-change-and/)

[Prince Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince-charles/)

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> [The main issue of cities is to tackle climate change and it is the issue of the current and next generations. Sustainability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/park-won-soon/the-main-issue-of-cities-is-to-tackle-climate-change-and-it-is-the/)

[Park Won-soon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/park-won-soon/)

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> [As an issue, climate change was unlucky: when nonspecialists first became aware of it in the 1990s, environmental attitudes had already become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-c-mann/as-an-issue-climate-change-was-unlucky-when-nonspecialists-first/)

[Charles C. Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-c-mann/)

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> [The issue of climate change, it really does bring home the fact that we are on one planet, and that some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/the-issue-of-climate-change-it-really-does-bring-home-the-fact-that/)

[Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/)

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> [For me the most important issue is climate change because it in some ways trumps every other issue. Everything else we care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/for-me-the-most-important-issue-is-climate-change-because-it-in-some/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

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> [Tackling the issue of climate change presents us with an inflection point in human history - a climate justice revolution that separates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robinson/tackling-the-issue-of-climate-change-presents-us-with-an-inflection/)

[Mary Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robinson/)

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> [Climate Change is a national security issue. We found that climate instability will lead to instability in geopolitics and impact American military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-sullivan/climate-change-is-a-national-security-issue-we-found-that-climate/)

[Gordon R. Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-sullivan/)

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> [The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-issue-of-climate-change-is-one-that-we-ignore-at-our-own-peril/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I think the challenge of climate change in particular is the challenge for us to create and produce new norms for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-jamieson/i-think-the-challenge-of-climate-change-in-particular-is-the/)

[Dale Jamieson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-jamieson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/dale-jamieson-4075_21st-century_i-think-the-challenge-of-climate-change_2819927.jpg)

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