Climate Change Quotes

1105 Climate Change quotes by 483 unique authors

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet we… — James Hansen
Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work… — Atul Gawande
It's not about the fish; it's not about the pollution; it's not about the climate change. It's about us and our greed and our need… — Jeremy Jackson
It is even possible that desirable redistribution is more likely to occur through climate change policy than otherwise, or to be accomplished more effectively through… — Cass Sunstein
Climate change is a global issue - from the point of view of the Earth's climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in Bejing is the… — Jeff Goodell
One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in… — Jeff Goodell
We tend to rush toward the complex when trying to solve a daunting problem, but in this case, simplicity wins. Better buildings, responsible energy use… — Edward Mazria
Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008...That’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done… — Barack Obama
Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we… — Majora Carter
India has a responsibility to itself to fight Climate Change — Jairam Ramesh
Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. The one thing that needs to be bigger is our… — Bill McKibben
One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed. — Jay Weatherill
Real change will only happen when we fall in love with our planet. Only love can show us how to live in harmony with nature… — Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Nature and the spirit of our ancestors are giving you loud warnings. Today you see increasing floods, more damaging hurricanes, hail storms, climate changes and… — Thomas Banyacya
So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then… — Bob Inglis
Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin — Ban Ki-moon
Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late — Christine Lagarde
The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate… — Barack Obama
This same economic system, based on short-term growth and endless profits is also the reason for pretty much everything else that is lousy in our… — Naomi Klein
Because it is such a huge crisis, because it puts us on a firm science-based deadline, it's a once-in-a-century opportunity to build a better society… — Naomi Klein
If this really is true, then greed really isn't good, after all. It really isn't the way to maximize the best possible outcome. We really… — Naomi Klein
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

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