--- title: "2 Chris de Freitas Quotes - Famous Climatologist (New Environmentalism)" description: "Christopher Rhodes de Freitas was a New Zealand climate scientist. He was an associate professor in the School of Environment at the University of Auckl..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-chris-de-freitas-102415.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chris de Freitas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-chris-de-freitas-102415.jpg) # Chris de Freitas (1947–2017) Climatologist New Zealand **2** quotes in **33** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chris de Freitas was a climatologist from New Zealand, best known for *New Environmentalism*. ## Quick Facts About Chris de Freitas Born November 30, 1947 Died July 5, 2017 Nationality New Zealand Profession Climatologist Notable works New Environmentalism ## About Chris de Freitas Christopher Rhodes de Freitas was a New Zealand climate scientist. He was an associate professor in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland. ## Awards & Honors Foundation for Research Science and Technology Science Communicator Award ## Quotes by Chris de Freitas > [I am not a global warming sceptic. I accept that rising human-caused CO2 from fossil sources could 'change the climate'. The basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-de-freitas/i-am-not-a-global-warming-sceptic-i-accept-that-rising-human-caused/) Chris de Freitas [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/chris-de-freitas-102415_accepting_i-am-not-a-global-warming-sceptic-i-acce_677032.png) > [Climate is not responding to greenhouse gases in the way we thought it might. If increasing carbon dioxide is in fact increasing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-de-freitas/climate-is-not-responding-to-greenhouse-gases-in-the-way-we-thought/) Chris de Freitas [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/chris-de-freitas-102415_carbon_climate-is-not-responding-to-greenhouse_1941575.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-de-freitas/#itemlist", "name": "Chris de Freitas Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am not a global warming sceptic. I accept that rising human-caused CO2 from fossil sources could 'change the climate'. The basic physics is there to support this view. 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