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Climate Quotes by Mark Lynas
- If substantial methyl hydrate melt begins to occur in the Arctic Ocean basin, then the (carbon) accelerator will be jammed, and there will be nothing…
- If we are to save humanity and the planet from the worst mass extinction of all time, worse even than that at the end of…
- Once the 'portals of the future close - in Amazonia, Siberia or the Arctic - we will find ourselves powerless to affect the outcome of…
- Only by advocating 'politically unrealistic' CO2 concentrations can runaway global warming be avoided. But what is politically realistic for humans is whollymunrelated to what is…
- Our evolutionary psychology preconditions us not to respond to threats which can be postponed until later.
- The worst case scenario sees the Amazon rainforest burning, huge amounts of methane being released by Siberian peat bogs and so on - by the…
- This is like playing Russian roulette with a Luger rather than a revolver. One bullet, one chamber - and we're pulling the trigger.
- Unless we decide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within just a few years from now, our destinies will already be chosen and our path towards…
- We humans, one species of animal amongst millions, have now become the de facto guardians of the planet's climate stability.
- You'd be forgiven for thinking that climate change means we'll have to sacrifice our creature comforts. But it doesn't have to be that way.
More Climate Quotes
- The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be… — David Attenborough
- There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it. — David Attenborough
- It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough
- The climate suits me, and London has the greatest serious music that you can hear any day of the week in the… — David Attenborough
- We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important.… — David Attenborough
- I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an… — Joe Barton
- The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the… — William Bartram
- Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail… — Joseph Addison
- I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky. — Rachel Bilson
- All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change. — Cate Blanchett
- Climate change is crap. — Tony Abbott
- In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. — Gerald Brenan