Climate Quotes

1323 Climate quotes by 704 unique authors

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
I firmly believe that the principles behind Contraction & Convergence provide the best long-term framework for a fair and equitable climate change mitigation policy — Nick Clegg
...we have got to deal with increased demand for energy, increased demand for food, increased demand for water, and we've got to do that while… — John Beddington
The collapse of the world's banking system and the impending disaster of accelerating climate change are not separate phenomena. They are simply the most visible… — Jonathon Porritt
The security of people and nations rests on four pillars - food, energy, water and climate. They are all closely related, and all under increasing… — Tom Burke
Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from nature, to build… — Andrew Simms
The clearest evidence that we are living beyond environmental means is the threat of dangerous climate change. The scale of this threat, to human life… — David Miliband
Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute… — Tony Blair
Some urge we do nothing because we can't be certain how bad the (climate) problem might become or they presume the worst effects are most… — John McCain
As it turns out, the ecological catastrophe Kirk feared that would be the consequence of our impiety appears not to be one of radically diminished… — Rod Dreher
Climate change is the mother of all hysterias of the Left — Dennis Prager

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