Climate Quotes

1323 Climate quotes by unique 704 authors

Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin — Ban Ki-moon
Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late — Christine Lagarde
The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate… — Barack Obama
Because it is such a huge crisis, because it puts us on a firm science-based deadline, it's a once-in-a-century opportunity to build a better society… — Naomi Klein
There is a point of no return after which warming becomes unstoppable - and we are probably going to sail right through it. It is… — Gwynne Dyer
If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and… — James Hansen
Our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change. The deadly European… — James Hansen
Our presence on this planet does not seem to be sustainable. Our technological civilisation makes up particularly vulnerable. There is talk all over the scientific… — Werner Herzog
Until now I believed that the nation which has done most to sabotage a new climate change agreement was the United States. I was wrong.… — George Monbiot
Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. If man can go to the moon, he will. If he can control the climate, he will. — John von Neumann
Many people have the impression that there is significant scientific disagreement about global climate change. It's time to lay that misapprehension to rest. There is… — Naomi Oreskes
We have 20 years [until 2026] to reduce carbon emissions or climate change will become irreversible. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
People are saying that they want be convinced [about global warming], perfectly. They want to know the climate science projections with 100 per cent certainty.… — Gordon R. Sullivan
We will pay for this [climate change] one way or another. We will pay to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions today and we'll have to take an… — Anthony Zinni
Successfully reframing the climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values...holds great promise to help… — George Mason
We realize the indivisibility of the earth-its soil, mountains, rivers, forests, climate, plants, and animals-and respect it collectively not only as a useful servant but… — Aldo Leopold
It should not be taken in a hot climate. If you are in a place that is cool and peaceful, and you are alone and… — Neem Karoli Baba
Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse… — Thomas Friedman
Labels such as, 'evangelical', 'fundamental', 'charismatic', 'liberal' contribute to polarization and produce a climate of implied or outspoken distrust. Respectful dialogue becomes virtually impossible. What… — Robert H. Schuller
You frighten a lot of scientists. If they say that climate is not changing, they lose their research grants. And some people cannot afford that;… — Nils-Axel Morner

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