There is also a great deal of behind-the-scenes pressure from political funders too. And by funders I don't just mean the fossil fuel industry. Many of those exerting pressure on our society to ignore climate change, oppose climate change legislation,… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
The word "evangelist" means someone who spreads good news. Studying the impacts of climate change as I do, it's hard to come up with good news. In many ways I feel more like a Cassandra or a Jeremiah than a… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
Our carbon emissions have to eventually go to zero. We have to. Otherwise we're never going to have a stable climate and that's what… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
If we smoke, there's no magic number of cigarettes, or number of years, that we can smoke before we know we'll get lung cancer. — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
We're not paying a real price for carbon. If we were, we wouldn't be using as much. We need to have the right perspective.… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
It's easier to discredit the science than to say that climate change is a genuine issue but we don't want to do anything about… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
People have taken advantage of the very well-trodden pathways that divide science and faith on other issues, such as creation, evolution, and the age… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
When I look around, the biggest way in which we are failing to care for those in need is through ignoring climate change and… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
I think it's interesting that the United States and Australia are two of the most individualistic nations in the entire world in terms of… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
The first thing we can do as individuals and as communities, like a school or a university or a church, is cut our energy… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
It's easier to deny the reality of the problem altogether than acknowledge that it is real. — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
I don't have to change the world all by myself, I just need to partner in the work God wants us to do. — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
I feel that one of the most important things I can do is connect climate change to the values, the faith, and the issues… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
We have to reach out to churches and schools and help people understand science, and we have to build rapport between scientists and people… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
