Climate Quotes

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We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. — James Hansen
We are proposing buildings that, like trees, are net energy exporters, produce more energy than they consume, accrue and store solar energy, and purify their… — William McDonough
We as mayors have the opportunity to push the envelope and get people thinking, even when it is not politically popular. Cities hold the key. — Greg Nickels
We have a mighty task before us. The earth needs our assistance. — Laurens van der Post
We have a unique opportunity to unite America, urban and rural, coastal and midwestern, red and blue, under the banner of a truly unifying national… — William J. Clinton
We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse… — James Hansen
We have the chance to build this new energy economy in ways that reflect our deepest values of inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunity for everyone. — Van Jones
We have to do what we have to do. Miracles happen. The life force of this planet is very strong. Dandelions poke through sidewalks. We… — Elizabeth May
We humans, one species of animal amongst millions, have now become the de facto guardians of the planet's climate stability. — Mark Lynas
We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country. — Van Jones
We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war. These prior struggles… — Al Gore
We must start... rebuilding our cities around energy efficiency and human needs, rather than around the car and wasted energy. — Jay Inslee
We never have 100 percent certainty. We never have it. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen… — Gordon R. Sullivan
We stand at a moment in history without precedent. Decisions that are ours to make over the next ten years will have a sweeping impact… — Eban Goodstein
We're like a two-year old playing with fire ... we're messing around with something really dangerous and don't really understand what will happen. — Unknown Author
We're operating this planet like a business in liquidation. — Al Gore
Well, we in America are about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty and discrimination too? — Van Jones
We've known for some time that we have to worry about the impacts of climate change on our children's and grandchildren's generations. But we now… — Margaret Beckett
What a great time to be born, what a great time to be alive, because this generation gets to completely change this world. — Paul Hawken

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