Cases Quote by Robert O. Mendelsohn

The impacts of climate change are not going to get better; they are going to get worse.

— Patricia Espinosa

“Climate policies often make life WORSE specifically for the poor...Choosing climate policies over growth policies doesn’t just do nothing. It means more people die…

— Bjorn Lomborg

Climate change will impact most heavily on the disadvantaged. If we don't address these impacts, as well as growing income inequalities, we are marching…

— Wesley K. Wark

The impact of climate change is relatively small. The average impact on welfare is equivalent to losing a few per cent of income. That…

— Richard Tol

Climate change is a humongous challenge but it also presents numerous economic opportunities.

— Clive Lewis

The benefits of a modest warming would outweigh the costs - by $8.4 billion a year in 1990 dollars by the year 2060, according…

— Joseph L. Bast

The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict,…

— John F. Kerry

Catastrophic damage from climate-driven extreme weather is now an annual reality. The cost of not dealing with it will be much greater than if…

— Avi Lewis

The impact of climate change will fall disproportionately upon developing countries and the poor persons within all countries. It will therefore exacerbate inequalities in…

— Rajendra K. Pachauri

We cannot afford to lose another decade. If we lose another decade, it becomes extremely costly to achieve climate stabilization.

— Ottmar Edenhofer

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

The irony here is this administration is spending more money on climate change research and development than any administration in all the rest of…

— Christine Todd Whitman