Climate Quotes

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Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. — Alister E. McGrath
I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an… — Craig Brewer
Many Liberals are rightly dismayed that on this vital issue of climate change we are not simply without a policy, without any prospect of having… — Malcolm Turnbull
We are already experiencing the symptoms of climate change, especially with a hotter and drier climate in southern Australia - the rush to construct desalination… — Malcolm Turnbull
The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia. — James Hansen
The forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with an accuracy sufficient to define future climate change. — James Hansen
As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species. — James Hansen
In view of the immense power of natural weather and climate fluctuations and the great buffering capacity of the Earth, especially the ocean, it is… — James Hansen
I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always… — Charles Bass
I felt I was moving among two groups [literary intellectuals and scientists] comparable in intelligence, identical in race, not grossly different in social origin, earning… — Carrie P Snow
Life has had to deal with environmental change, especially climate change, since the beginning of its existence on Earth. — Daniel Botkin
I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world… — Thomas Friedman
It is our great collective misfortune that the scientific community made its decisive diagnosis of the climate threat at the precise moment when an elite… — Naomi Klein
One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call "mismatch" or "mistiming." This is the process… — Naomi Klein
In an ecological perspective, in other words, there are few accidents or anomalies, only outcomes based on system structure and dynamics. Climate change and glittering… — David W. Orr
Our problem is that the climate crisis hatched in our laps at a moment in history when political and social conditions were uniquely hostile to… — Naomi Klein
But here is the heart of the moral issue for many of us. Simply put, those around the world who have contributed least to global… — Jim Wallis
The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade. — James Hansen
The unthinkable is that we're distorting this atmospheric balance. We're shifting the chemical balance so that we have more poisons in the atmosphere - ozones… — Michael Oppenheimer
I do not underestimate the difficulty of the challenge that global climate change presents to us. It will take a significant effort and the best… — Federico Pena

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