Climate Change Quotes

1105 Climate Change quotes by 483 unique authors

Climate change threatens every man, woman and child. — Edward Davey
Every generation faces a challenge. In the 1930s, it was the creation of Social Security. In the 1960s, it was putting a man on the… — Eileen Claussen
The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need to… — Eileen Collins
A child born in a wealthy country is likely to consume, waste, and pollute more in his lifetime than 50 children born in developing nations.… — George Carey
We consider it vital that the community of nations be drawn together in an orderly, disciplined, rational way to review the history of our global… — George H. W. Bush
I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised. — George H. W. Bush
The United States will continue its efforts to improve our understanding of climate change - to seek hard data, accurate models, and new ways to… — George H. W. Bush
Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse? — George Monbiot
We know the surface temperature of the Earth is warming. It has risen by .6 degrees Celsius over the past 100 years. There was a… — George W. Bush
There is a natural greenhouse effect that contributes to warming. Greenhouse gases trap heat and thus warm the Earth because they prevent a significant proportion… — George W. Bush
Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the… — George W. Bush
We do not know how much our climate could or will change in the future. We do not know how fast change will occur or… — George W. Bush
Every person is the right person to act. Every moment is the right moment to begin. — Jonathan Schell
As long as a handful of U.S. scientists, most receiving funds from the fossil fuel industry, get equal time with hundreds of the world's leading… — Joseph J. Romm
Do believe that if we fail to act in time, it will be the single biggest regret any of us has at the end of… — Joseph J. Romm
The entire western Siberian sub-Arctic region is melting, and it has all happened in the last three or four years. — Joseph J. Romm
The first few feet of sea-level rise alone will displace more than 100 million people worldwide and turn all our major Gulf and Atlantic coast… — Joseph J. Romm
Everything we know and love is at risk if we continue to ignore the warnings. — Laurie David
A rise of 5C would be a temperature the world has not seen for 30 to 50 million years. We've been around only 100,000 years… — Nicholas Stern
Do politicians understand just how difficult it could be, just how devastating rises of 4C, 5C or 6C could be? I think, not yet — Nicholas Stern
Switching to all organic food production is the single most critical (and most doable) action we can take right now to stop our climate crisis. — Maria Rodale
Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries likely to have… — Michael Meacher
Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a… — Paul Hawken
How is it that we have created an economic system that tells us it is cheaper to destroy the earth and exhaust its people than… — Paul Hawken
Any difficulties which the world faces today will be as nothing compared to the full effects which global warming will have on the world-wide economy. — Prince Charles

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