Climate Quotes

1323 Climate quotes by 704 unique authors

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
I think it's crazy for us to play games with our children's future. We know what's happening to the climate, we have a highly predictable… — William J. Clinton
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of more than 2,500 scientists) has provided the world community with first class assessments of the… — Klaus Topfer
Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security. — Barack Obama
I believe climate change is real, but I reject the cap and trade solution of John - of, you know, of Al Gore. He's made… — Lindsey Graham
Climate change is a reality. — Joseph Stiglitz
There's not a ship that sails the ocean, But every climate, every soil, Must bring its tribute, great or small, And help to build the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurl'd, To furnish and accommodate a world, To give the Pole the produce of the sun, And knit the unsocial… — William Cowper
No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France… — Helen Wills
Ask almost anybody if they think the climate?s changed in the last couple of decades and they will all say ?yes? and give you lots… — James Lovelock
Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is north/south rather than… — Jared Diamond
Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's east/west axis meant that species domesticated in one part of… — Jared Diamond
Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace. — Margaret Beckett
The Anglo-Saxon has established himself in climates totally diverse - Canada, South Africa, and India - and, through several generations, has preserved his essential race… — Josiah Strong
It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate. — Napoleon Bonaparte
All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea or… — John Muir

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