Climate Quotes
1323 quotes by 758 authors
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Issues of energy, climate change, nuclear arms control and non-proliferation are all big deals. These are problems that we have to get right globally, not…
— John Holdren
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Any objective look at what science has to say about climate change ought to be sufficient to persuade reasonable people that the climate is changing…
— John Holdren
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People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms.
— John Holdren
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The whole climate is changing: the winds, the ocean currents, the storm patterns, snow packs, snowmelt, flooding, droughts. Temperature is just a bit of it.
— John Holdren
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My understanding is that Exxon, in particular, did fund a variety of small think tanks to generate what amounts to propaganda against understanding of what…
— John Holdren
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Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it.
— Anthony Albanese
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Meat production is one of the leading causes of climate change because of the destruction of the rainforest for grazing lands, the massive amounts of…
— Jane Velez-Mitchell
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Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.
— Norman Foster
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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
— Ban Ki-moon
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Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
— Ban Ki-moon
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Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance…
— Ban Ki-moon
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The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels…
— Ban Ki-moon
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The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.
— Jim Yong Kim
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Many climate change deniers would have you believe that addressing climate change is all pain and no gain. This is simply not true. We can…
— Paul Tonko
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We are launching a campaign called Wind, Not War, which is about the alternatives to a fossil-fuels-based economy and looking at wind, an alternative energy,…
— Winona LaDuke
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When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing.…
— Chris Smith
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Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
— Jackie Speier
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
— Jackie Speier
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