Climate Quotes

1323 Climate quotes by 704 unique authors

Climate is an angry beast and we are poking at it with sticks — Wallace Smith Broecker
Can nine billion people be fed? Can we cope with the demands in the future on water? Can we provide enough energy? Can we do… — John Beddington
Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about it — Phil Harding
It is environmental illiteracy and a complete lack of forward thinking to ignore the need to halt and then reverse population growth in the context… — Phil Harding
There's a better scientific consensus on this than on any issue I know - except maybe Newton's second law of dynamics...Man has reached the point… — Unknown Author
CO2 emissions have been increasing, but the rise in air temperature stopped around 2001. Climate change is due in large part to naturally occurring oscillations. — Syun-Ichi Akasofu
It used to be controversial whether smoking caused lung cancer, it used to be controversial whether HIV caused AIDS. Now, there are a few mavericks… — Martin Rees
Global warming causing climate change may be the ultimate issue that unites us all. — Unknown Author
Climate experts say we should tell villagers in developing countries to reduce the amount of cooking smoke they generate to help fix global warming. You… — Jay Leno
The report on climate change said that humans are very likely making the planet warmer. To which Hillary Clinton said, 'Hey, can't blame me for… — Jay Leno
To those who say climate change is not caused by human activity or that addressing it will harm the economy, let's encourage them to go… — Martin O'Malley
You might not see climate change as an immediate threat to your job, your community, or your families," Kerry said. "But let me tell you,… — John F. Kerry
What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to… — David Remnick
If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference. — Flannery O'Connor
Heaven for climate, Hell for company. — James M. Barrie
...heaven for climate, and hell for society. — Mark Twain
Governments must take on the central role of creating an investment climate across Africa that supports enterprise and the role of the private sector and… — Jeroen van der Veer
As each tree falls so does the earth's ability to heal itself and to adapt to the effects of our changing climate — Hilary Benn
Our house is burning down and we are blind to it. The earth and humankind are in danger and we are all responsible. It is… — Jacques Chirac
Climate change is and will be a significant threat to our national security and in a larger sense to life on earth as we know… — Gordon R. Sullivan
Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing rather rapidly. There is not a moment to… — Rajendra K. Pachauri
In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where timber vegetation is ruthlessly destroyed, aridity and its sequence sterility will prevail and the hotter the climate, the more to be dreaded. — Ferdinand von Mueller
One is left with the thought that given the way we now abuse the ocean and abuse the climate that we are heading towards our… — Paul Keating
Finding mechanisms for putting carbon back into landscapes enhances biodiversity. More biodiverse ecosystems store more carbon, more securely and are more resilient to the impacts… — Unknown Author

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