Acting Quote by Jane Goodall

Australia was once a leader in taking global warming seriously. The former PM [Kevin Rudd] called it 'greatest moral challenge of our time'. But…

— Tim Winton

I want to ensure and the Government wants to ensure that Australia is well prepared to tackle dangerous climate change with a scheme which…

— Wayne Swan

... as we are being blunt, the fact is that Tony [Abbott] and the people who put him in his job do not want…

— Nick Minchin

I believe it's time for direct action on climate change, standing together as ordinary Australians to take control of our shared future.

— David Pocock

For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our rivers are dying, bush fires are more ferocious and more frequent and our…

— Kevin Rudd

I think I would say that there is absolutely no way to reconcile an austerity agenda with climate action. Our political class needs to…

— Naomi Klein

In Australia we have a government actively undoing what little progress had been made on climate change and stripping money from all the important…

— Justine Larbalestier

Our world is moving forward on climate change. If Australia goes backwards, we will be going alone.

— Bill Shorten

There's some politicians who still seriously believe that we haven't got global warming.

— Ridley Scott

Justin Trudeau certainly understands climate science, as do his ministers. But they're refusing to take action on it because of short-term political concerns.

— Elizabeth May

Bopha, Sandy, floods in Pakistan, droughts in China… How many reports from the likes of the World Bank, NASA and the International Energy Agency…

— Steven Guilbeault

If I was prime minister, I would declare a state of emergency on climate change.

— Cornelia Parker