Climate Quotes

1323 quotes by 758 authors

The Costa Rica experience shows that with dedicated resources, creative institutions, and a sound legal framework, deforestation can be reversed and forest cover expanded. — Bruno Stagno Ugarte
The danger is that the compromises and special interests inherent in Kyoto-style targets and cap-and-trade will be accepted because of bureaucratic momentum. — James Hansen
The Earth cannot wait 60 years. I want a future for my children and my children's children. The clock is ticking. — Richard Branson
The eco-effective future of industry is a world of abundance that celebrates the use and consumption of products and materials that are, in effect, nutritious… — William McDonough
The fate of hundreds of thousands of species on this planet may be decided in the next decade. To slow the rush to extinction, we… — Eban Goodstein
The first few feet of sea-level rise alone will displace more than 100 million people worldwide and turn all our major Gulf and Atlantic coast… — Van Jones
The great political tragedy of our time is that conservative leaders in America have chosen to use their superior messaging and political skills to thwart… — Joseph J. Romm
The highest and best use of our time that really matters over the next decade will be working to elect clean-energy candidates, especially in swing… — Eban Goodstein
The human response it calls for is truly heroic, requiring nothing short of rewiring the entire planet with a new generation of clean-energy technologies -… — Eban Goodstein
The ice caps are melting now. They're not going to refreeze next year just because we reduce our emissions. We're going to live in that… — Ron Sims
The ice sheets seem to be shrinking 100 years ahead of schedule. — Richard Alley
The last time Earth was 1Â°C warmer than today, sea levels were 20 feet higher. — Joseph J. Romm
The main piece of technology in the green economy is a caulk gun. — Van Jones
The most rational defender of nature is driven by a passion for wildness that cannot be explained by an appeal to logic. — Eban Goodstein
The only reason runaway global warming seems unstoppable is that we have not yet tried to stop it. — Gregg Easterbrook
The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon. — William H. Calvin
The road to energy independence, economic recovery, and greenhouse gas reductions runs through the building sector. — Edward Mazria
The science is crystal clear: we humans are the primary cause of global warming, and we face a bleak future if we fail to act… — Joseph J. Romm
The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that same path can… — Van Jones
The time has come for a public-private community partnership to fix this country and put it back to work. — Van Jones

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