Climate Quotes

1323 quotes by 704 authors

Our evolutionary psychology preconditions us not to respond to threats which can be postponed until later. — Mark Lynas
Our kids are going to be so angry with us one day. We've charged their future on our Visa cards. — Thomas Friedman
Our planet has a rising fever. If the crib catches fire you don't say: 'Hmmm, how fast is that crib going to burn? Has it… — Al Gore
Over the long term, it is more profitable to do the right thing for the environment than to pollute it. — Aaron Feuerstein
Perhaps the single most important thing that we can do to undo the harm we have done is to fix firmly in our minds the… — James Lovelock
Rather than continuing to base our economy on a finite supply of dead things, we can base it on sources that are practically infinite and… — Van Jones
Replacing half of the U.S. ground-transport fuels with hydrogen from wind power by 2050, for example, might require 1,400 gigawatts of advanced wind turbines or… — Joseph J. Romm
Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers. — Van Jones
Since 1955 the oceans have absorbed roughly twenty times more heat than the atmosphere. — Joseph J. Romm
Some 3 million years ago, when the earth was a little more than 3Â°C warmer than preindustrial levels (about 2.2Â°C warmer than today), Antarctica had… — Joseph J. Romm
Start locally and build. Start small and grow. Start in your house, then move to your school, your book club, your gym, your church, your… — Laurie David
Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses. — William H. Calvin
Technological measures are important, but equally important is... a consciousness of the commonality of all living beings and an emphasis on shared responsibility. — Vaclav Havel
The 'tide in the affairs of men' does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ability to write compelling emails may be the single most useful talent an organizer can possess. — Bill McKibben
The Asia-Pacific Partnership is a climate suicide pact. It is playing Russian roulette with six bullets in your gun. — Joseph J. Romm
The biggest challenge is how to get people to wake up and realize this is a one-shot deal. If we fail, we are witting participants… — Nathan Lewis
The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented - and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable. — Al Gore
The challenge is either to build an economy that is sustainable or to stay with our unsustainable economy until it declines. It is not a… — Lester R. Brown
The coal plants that will be built from 2005 to 2030 will release as much carbon dioxide as all of the coal burned since the… — Joseph J. Romm

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